Re: A History of Violence
I was also a bit disapointed with this film. I don't remember it too clearly, but i remember thinking it felt all muddled up. The first half of it was interesting with the whole doubt as to whether he is or isn't the gangster, which was great, and the interesting effects this had on the characters relationships. But then it turns into some bad action movie when he goes to new york (?) and kills all those people. I was thinking "huh? I was enjoying that characters and the relationships, and now i'm watching some bruce willis flick"
Also, the scenes with the kid getting bullied just seem ludicrous to me. If i saw those scenes in isolation i would have thought they were taken from a comedy, which i would have been keen to see. There was one bit where the bully and the kid are talking and something leads the bully to say "you calling me stupid?", that i remember thinking was f-in hilarious, which kind of killed the vibe.
It was cool, but it wasn't quite there IMO.
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