Unsolicited Movie Review - Dallas Buyer's Club
For me, the determining factor separating a good movie, a really good movie and a great movie is usually how much you actually care what happens to the characters. That can be achieved via story, acting, direction or a combination of the three.
I've seen woefully acted films that I loved because the story and direction were so good, Grand Torino comes to mind. I think more commonly you have great acting overcome a weak script, 83% of all film biographies for example. There are weird situations where we cheer for what would otherwise be villians, Silence of the Lambs. We may be cheering for somebody to take a bullet but we care. The key is to care about the outcome and be vested emotionally so that at the end of two hours I've thought, or cheered or mourned or been enraged.
That being said I'm not sure if Dallas Buyers Club is a Great Movie. I am positive it is a really, really, really, good movie. I don't know a lot of transvestite prostitutes. At least I don't know that I know them. I probably only know a few more rodeo cowboys. Doesn't matter. I cared what happened to every character in the movie. Subject matter can be a little rough as can the language but it is a beautifully acted film that I doubt you'll be indifferent about at the end.
For me, the determining factor separating a good movie, a really good movie and a great movie is usually how much you actually care what happens to the characters. That can be achieved via story, acting, direction or a combination of the three.
I've seen woefully acted films that I loved because the story and direction were so good, Grand Torino comes to mind. I think more commonly you have great acting overcome a weak script, 83% of all film biographies for example. There are weird situations where we cheer for what would otherwise be villians, Silence of the Lambs. We may be cheering for somebody to take a bullet but we care. The key is to care about the outcome and be vested emotionally so that at the end of two hours I've thought, or cheered or mourned or been enraged.
That being said I'm not sure if Dallas Buyers Club is a Great Movie. I am positive it is a really, really, really, good movie. I don't know a lot of transvestite prostitutes. At least I don't know that I know them. I probably only know a few more rodeo cowboys. Doesn't matter. I cared what happened to every character in the movie. Subject matter can be a little rough as can the language but it is a beautifully acted film that I doubt you'll be indifferent about at the end.
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