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Old 12-01-2015, 09:43 PM   #15771 (permalink)
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Haven’t we seen this movie like ten times in the last couple years? Coming of age film about a couple high school kids and, *gasp*, one of them has cancer and is dying. Honestly, I didn’t care that the film was about this kind of subject matter. What I care about is can the film take such a common theme and do something different. I wanted an emotional punch but I wanted the hit to come from a different angle instead of dangling it in front of me and then predictably going right for the gut. I first heard about the film when it won the Jury Grand Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. I’ve pretty much loved every single jury prize winner so that alone was enough to get me to watch this. I’ve been busy as hell since the beginning of the summer, so I finally got a chance to sit down and give this a view and I’ll be damned if the movie didn’t deliver a blowout blind shot that I didn’t see coming.

The film started out pretty standard. High school kids with more wit than a Monty Python sketch going to a high school that would never exist in this country…ever. If I had any problems with the film it was the few details such as this that irked me a bit. The high school was too surreal and played up. It really seemed like a high school out of a novel instead of a realistic depiction of what those years are like for kids. The overall tone of the film however did not come off fake and forced. This is mostly due to the stellar acting from the three leads, especially Mann and Cook. Olivia Cook played a dying girl better than anybody who has tried in Hollywood over the last decade and the emotional punches came from scenes that she was in. That isn’t to say that Mann didn’t deliver either. The scene where he talks about his regrets was especially moving and wonderfully well acted. RJ Cyler is a natural and the cameo parents and teachers were an added bonus. You really can’t go wrong making Nick Offerman your weird dad.

The direction and cinematography was top notch as well. Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon isn’t really a well known name but I can see him being an indie favorite for a long time after this. He had help. The biggest surprise on the credits went to seeing Chung-hoon Chung as the films DP. Best known for filming pretty much everything Park Chan Wook has done, his presence was felt throughout the film with these unique filming angles that call back to films such as Oldboy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.

The score of the film was also fantastic. The film took a rollercoaster right to the heart in the last 20 minutes of the movie and two pivotal scenes were punctuated by excellent song choices in “Remember Me as the Time of Day” by Explosions in the Sky and “The Big Ship” by Brian Eno. Both songs are filled with emotion and they just drove the power and emotion of the two scenes right home. It’s honestly a big reason why the film is sticking with me so much. It kind of reminds me of the end of I, Origins where music and cinematography can just send a film over the top for me. That, and the cast has to hit it out of the park, which they certainly did in this film.

There you have it. Sundance has spoken again. As mentioned before, the only real negatives of the film was some of the unrealistic and over inflated depictions of high school and some definite “I only wrote this to be unique” style dialogue. It didn’t distract though. I loved the film.

4.5/5
Been meaning to check this out but I wasn't so sure the plot was inspired. I'll definitepy check it out now though.
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I attempted to watch the second Maze Runner movie to find that it was most likely an after thought by the author because, I have no idea how such a great idea could turn into that. Otherwise not much really. Nothing really jumps out at me.
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Maze Runner is basically The Hunger Games meets Labyrinth, right?
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It's not as if the first Maze Runner movie wasn't ****ing awful.
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Hmmmm well the first movie not really actually not really at all because, they're not trying to kill each other they're just trying to survive. I liked how it was done though. Decent movie, nothing special. Second one was just trash. Suddenly there's zombies or some **** and corrupt government. The first movie is just about escaping. What the **** happened?

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Liked the first Maze Runner for the most part. Watched Skyfall again recently. Man, the cinematography during the Scotland showdown was so ridiculousy awesome.
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Dark Shadows

It's a Tim Burton movie starring Johnny Depp so you know what to expect.
It's funny and entertaining and I enjoyed it.

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Liked the first Maze Runner for the most part. Watched Skyfall again recently. Man, the cinematography during the Scotland showdown was so ridiculousy awesome.
Yeah, that movie's beautifully shot. There's was a lot of talk about the decision to shoot it on arri 3k instead or red 4k, but it ended up looking great. Resolution isn't all that important above a certain point.
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Moonrise Kingdom. Big fan of Wes Anderson but this one was not up to par for me. It had all of his hallmarks but ended up being way too much style over substance. Still a really good movie just not one of his best IMO.

Anyone remember The Hidden? Popped into my head last night for some reason and I'm hoping it's on Netflix, Vudu, or Amazon. Killer 80s flick.

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