Mystic River

[eleanor]

[color=firebrick] I actually saw this movie about four weeks ago, but I remember that I loved it to bits and pieces. First of all, the acting was wonderful. I [b]love[/b] Tim Robbins, he's probably my favorite male actor of all times. *rants about Mr. Robbins* Anywho, I thought that the characters were so great, especially the characters Sean Penn and Tim Robbins played [I forgot their names]. Sean Penn's character was oddly very interesting and respectable to me, I thought he did a brilliant job with that. Tim Robbins was spectacular and too-cool of course...thought he did a stupendous job of portraying his character. I didn't like Kevin Bacon as much because his characters was just...there. He really didn't do anything, lol. [I hated his little assistant person, though. Lawrence Fishbourne or however you spell it.]

The ending was a bit 'bleh' for me. I thought Clint Eastwood could have introduced Sean Penn's character's wife a bit earlier.[/color]

[Charles]

I also loved the movie. For whatever reason, I had never gotten around to seeing it in theaters despite my interest in it. So, I immediately picked up the DVD when it came out. It almost felt literary in a sense, simply because the film took the time to establish and develop most of the characters properly. It didn't rush along. While this resulted in a movie that felt long--it didn't feel, to me, as if it was dragging.

The underlying pain of tragedy presented in each character was presented extremely well too. Most of the acting efforts were extremely solid. With a lesser cast, I think the movie could have come off feeling a bit generic, but they brought it up to another level.

I suppose my only complaint is that the voices on the DVD seemed low for whatever reason.

[Lady_Sango]

i haven't seen it yet
did sean penn really deserve that best actor's award for his role in that movie?
just curious...i mean...he did go up against johnny depp (who was really good) and bill murray (lost in translation, excellent movie!)
welll, i'll rent it some time and find out

[eleanor]

[color=firebrick] I was a fan of Bill Murray and Johnny Depp, too, but I think Sean Penn did an excellent job. Whether he did better than Bill...*shrugs*. I think they both did very well. Oscars is just weird like that sometimes.[/color]