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Post by Vits on Apr 1, 2019 20:33:21 GMT
BRICK is a hard-boiled detective story that takes place in a modern-day high school. Here's an unsolved mystery: Was the movie meant to be a serious homage or a parody? The main characters talk like it's the 1940s, but the minor characters talk like it's 2005. You know how SOUTH PARK has done recreations of famous movies and shows with a serious tone and all of the sudden a character shows up and the situation becomes funny? That happens here a couple of times, but it's clearly not on purpose. Even if writer/director Rian Johnson didn't contradict himself in establishing his fictional universe, he fails to create a compelling mystery and an interesting protagonist. Luckily, he and cinematographer Steve Yedlin do a great job at crafting an atmosphere that alternates between moody and thrilling. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 14, 2019 14:26:15 GMT
Who do you eat lunch with?
I never really got on board with the “noir set in at a modern high school” descriptor. It is more precise than that. It is “The Maltese Falcon” set at a modern high school. It has the MacGuffin that everybody is after, the major criminal with his murderous gunman, a femme fatale who seems to be working both sides, and the civilian detective who needs to solve the murder of someone close to him. This got a very limited release and only modest reviews, but it played in my town at the time and became one of my favorites of the year. Joseph Gordon-Levitt heads the cast in one of his first starring roles.
Another example of Johnson's creativity is that the characters frequently speak in a kind of hipster slang that has been made-up for the movie. This is a quite wonderful touch that gives the film a sort of fantasy/sci-fi touch, like an alternate universe – and explains why it is “unrealistic” (as some have called it); mainly because it is supposed to be. I recommend that, upon first or second viewing of “Brick” to turn on the English subtitles. Reading the dialog along with its speaking helps to understand it better and lessens any initial confusion. For me, it even helped appreciate Johnson's achievement.
“Brick” is on my lists of the best films of 2005 and of the decade.
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Post by movielover on Jul 14, 2019 14:56:45 GMT
I liked it. I rated it a 7/10, and it's in my top 10 for the year 2005.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 14, 2019 16:07:15 GMT
I watched back in 2005 or 2006, as far as i remember it was a ok movie.
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Post by hi224 on Jul 17, 2019 8:19:55 GMT
BRICK is a hard-boiled detective story that takes place in a modern-day high school. Here's an unsolved mystery: Was the movie meant to be a serious homage or a parody? The main characters talk like it's the 1940s, but the minor characters talk like it's 2005. You know how SOUTH PARK has done recreations of famous movies and shows with a serious tone and all of the sudden a character shows up and the situation becomes funny? That happens here a couple of times, but it's clearly not on purpose. Even if writer/director Rian Johnson didn't contradict himself in establishing his fictional universe, he fails to create a compelling mystery and an interesting protagonist. Luckily, he and cinematographer Steve Yedlin do a great job at crafting an atmosphere that alternates between moody and thrilling. 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog.best Johnson movie actually.
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