12-26-2017, 07:43 PM
So today I watched Clint Eastwood's 'Mystic River'.
I should state that this is not a crime drama in the traditional sense of the word. While is true that the indentity of the killer plays a central role in the story, this movie is more akin to a character study, a movie about the behavioral patterns of human beings and what they are capable of. It's about highly flawed people triying to make the best of things in very difficult circumstances (in this case, the murder of someone close to you).
The acting was a 10/10, if I have to mention an specific example it would be Tim Robins, whose potrayal of a pained soul know as 'Dave Boyle' was spectacular. The direction of Clint Eastwood is just brilliant, allowing his cast ample time to develop their characters, never hurrying the proceedings along and always allowing the conversations to play themselves out.
Honestly, I don't know what else I could say about this movie. I'm afraid that I might end telling you the whole thing in the process.
I should state that this is not a crime drama in the traditional sense of the word. While is true that the indentity of the killer plays a central role in the story, this movie is more akin to a character study, a movie about the behavioral patterns of human beings and what they are capable of. It's about highly flawed people triying to make the best of things in very difficult circumstances (in this case, the murder of someone close to you).
The acting was a 10/10, if I have to mention an specific example it would be Tim Robins, whose potrayal of a pained soul know as 'Dave Boyle' was spectacular. The direction of Clint Eastwood is just brilliant, allowing his cast ample time to develop their characters, never hurrying the proceedings along and always allowing the conversations to play themselves out.
Honestly, I don't know what else I could say about this movie. I'm afraid that I might end telling you the whole thing in the process.