A little late movie review (spoiler if you haven't seen it)
So I finally saw The Graduate. Yes I know... shut up. It's classic. I realize that. I just never saw it. So I'm a bit late with my review of it.
It seemed kinda dated. (Kidding jeezus lighten up will ya?)
I tried really hard to watch it from the point of view that it was really old because well it's really old. I really liked it. (yes I know duh) The sound track rocks (again double duh). I was able to draw a lot of connections with Garden State. Which despite david's review really did appeal to me. There were a lot of similarities in fact. Some of the stuff was just pretty. I liked the drawn out motion scenes in The Graduate almost as much as I liked the time compressed stuff in Garden State. I really liked that I got quotes that I heard a million times before finally. "Plastics", comes to mind. I have to admit I didn't really care for the ending all that much. They don't really go into why he's obsessed with the girl after doing her mother. That seems like a really good time to walk away. I might have easily missed the point as often happens. I also thought the happy ending was a bit forced. I was expecting her to give him the finger and kiss the other guy. I will say the ending sequence rocked the way they shot it and I enjoyed the bus even. I was talking to a co-worker and he said he didn't think it was a happily ever after ending at all. I might have to watch it again. When let's see hows about when I'm ready to start collecting social security. I'll likely write *another* review of it then. Wait when I get there, there won't *be* any social security... oh well.
Why am I writing a review of a movie that is older than myself? More important: Why are you reading it?
It seemed kinda dated. (Kidding jeezus lighten up will ya?)
I tried really hard to watch it from the point of view that it was really old because well it's really old. I really liked it. (yes I know duh) The sound track rocks (again double duh). I was able to draw a lot of connections with Garden State. Which despite david's review really did appeal to me. There were a lot of similarities in fact. Some of the stuff was just pretty. I liked the drawn out motion scenes in The Graduate almost as much as I liked the time compressed stuff in Garden State. I really liked that I got quotes that I heard a million times before finally. "Plastics", comes to mind. I have to admit I didn't really care for the ending all that much. They don't really go into why he's obsessed with the girl after doing her mother. That seems like a really good time to walk away. I might have easily missed the point as often happens. I also thought the happy ending was a bit forced. I was expecting her to give him the finger and kiss the other guy. I will say the ending sequence rocked the way they shot it and I enjoyed the bus even. I was talking to a co-worker and he said he didn't think it was a happily ever after ending at all. I might have to watch it again. When let's see hows about when I'm ready to start collecting social security. I'll likely write *another* review of it then. Wait when I get there, there won't *be* any social security... oh well.
Why am I writing a review of a movie that is older than myself? More important: Why are you reading it?
posted by J.R. at 11:49 AM
1 Comments:
Well, I think "obsession" is the right term to use, and he doesn't know what the hell he really wants. Also, I'm with whoever said it wasn't actually a "happily ever after" ending. Did you see the look on Hoffman and Ross's faces when the bus pulled away? They just realized they don't know what they hell they're doing. Which is a fabulous ending, in my opinion.
And I will add: I can't believe it's taken you this long to see the Graduate.
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