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Mystic River
Mystic River has a power house of a cast : Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Bacon, to name a few. I never really liked Sean Penn, but since watching 21 Grams, and now this movie, I think he's great. Tim Robbins always gets my vote though. Kevin Bacon too. The movie itself for the most part is good. A little predictable and forced at times, and the ending is just plain wierd, but with the great acting, makes for a fine movie.I think it's an evolutionary tale, about how the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker : In this respect it is very sad. And the weak are often only weakened because they carry the heavy burden of truth : In this respect it is even sadder.
I forgot to say I watched 21 Grams. That's a better movie. Sean Penn is great and Naomi Watts is insane and that cool Mexican guy is just plain cool. 21 grams is meant to be the weight of the soul. After watching this film, you begin to think someone's miscalculated! The pain and suffering of the characters; the whole universe of emotions and feeling, only amount to 21 grams...
Baby time! Had a pack of crisps whilst watching the movie and now my belly feels like 42 grams : I've doubled the weight of my soul! Gunna go and sweat it out...
posted by PA on Monday, July 12, 2004
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