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This afternoon I was watching Scary Movie 4. I don't care what you say. It's hilarious (Dr. Phil: "I was doing a show on teens with abandonment issues, and then I woke up here. Man, those kids are gonna be pissed.") And then I decided to watch The Proposition, which comes highly recommended from various reputable sources.
Here's the thing: they don't really make westerns anymore. And when they do, they star James Van Der Beek or Colin Farrell. So I am always happy to see a well thought-out, properly executed entry.
This one stars Guy Pearce, whom you may remember from Memento, one of the coolest movies of all time, and one I still don't think I have completely figured out.
It goes like this: it's late 1800s Australian Outback. A captain is put in charge of bringing to justice the Burns gang, three brothers guilty of the heinous crime of murdering an entire family. He catches two of them and offers Charlie, the middle brother, a proposition. In order to keep the captain from hanging Mikey, the youngest of the three, he must kill his older brother Arthur, the crazy one from whom Charlie and Mikey separated.
Meanwhile, the captain and his wife become obsessed with the three Burns brothers, for different reasons. The captain is depending on this in order to civilize the land, and his wife is a friend of the woman who was murdered.
One of the elements that made this flick work so well for me was the soundtrack. It was a dark, moody and ethereal. It would make sense that Nick Cave (who also wrote this screenplay) composed the soundtrack. It brought out all of the moods and themes in the action.
Finally, one of the themes that jumped out at me was this question: who is to blame for peoples' actions? The captain is willing to release Mikey and Charlie upon Arthur's death, because he places the blame of the family's death solely on Arthur's shoulders. Mikey looked up to Arthur and revered him blindly, so how could he be to blame for his own actions? But Charlie decided to take Mikey away from Arthur, so should Charlie be to blame for Mikey's fate?
Check this one out if miss fantastic westerns. Or fantastic original films.
Here's the thing: they don't really make westerns anymore. And when they do, they star James Van Der Beek or Colin Farrell. So I am always happy to see a well thought-out, properly executed entry.
This one stars Guy Pearce, whom you may remember from Memento, one of the coolest movies of all time, and one I still don't think I have completely figured out.
It goes like this: it's late 1800s Australian Outback. A captain is put in charge of bringing to justice the Burns gang, three brothers guilty of the heinous crime of murdering an entire family. He catches two of them and offers Charlie, the middle brother, a proposition. In order to keep the captain from hanging Mikey, the youngest of the three, he must kill his older brother Arthur, the crazy one from whom Charlie and Mikey separated.
Meanwhile, the captain and his wife become obsessed with the three Burns brothers, for different reasons. The captain is depending on this in order to civilize the land, and his wife is a friend of the woman who was murdered.
One of the elements that made this flick work so well for me was the soundtrack. It was a dark, moody and ethereal. It would make sense that Nick Cave (who also wrote this screenplay) composed the soundtrack. It brought out all of the moods and themes in the action.
Finally, one of the themes that jumped out at me was this question: who is to blame for peoples' actions? The captain is willing to release Mikey and Charlie upon Arthur's death, because he places the blame of the family's death solely on Arthur's shoulders. Mikey looked up to Arthur and revered him blindly, so how could he be to blame for his own actions? But Charlie decided to take Mikey away from Arthur, so should Charlie be to blame for Mikey's fate?
Check this one out if miss fantastic westerns. Or fantastic original films.
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