Wow, what a letdown
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mjlangenbru — 15 years ago(December 06, 2010 10:55 AM)
Your voting history reveals a lot. The Pianist, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction all receive 1/10? Its one thing not to like a film but to find nothing redeeming in a film of that ilk is incredulous. Babel and Frost/Nixon 2/10 followed by Little Miss Sunshine 3/10 or Lord of the Rings 5/10. It seems like you arent being realistic when analyzing these films. You are one of the individuals that give imdb ratings a bad name by blindly going radical on all your votes. I mean you gave 85 of your 500 voted items 10/10 but then gave highly regarded films as the ones listed above obscenely lowered ratings? Come on is Cube, Eyes Wide Shut, and Marie Antoinette truly 10/10 masterpieces? Or are you being a little ridiculous in your total skewing of your ratings? I mean a prime example is your voting of The Soup which you gave a 10/10 but a very similar show with jokes and ideas of the same nature in Tosh.0 is a 1/10. You are an idiot.
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shortyrags — 13 years ago(January 09, 2013 10:53 PM)
Try and make it to the last scenes. Those are the best in the film imo. I liked the film but I don't think it was fantastic or incredible in the way that others see it. I respect how others feel though and I definitely even understand why someone would absolutely love this film or on the other end of the spectrum absolutely detest it.
To each his own I say. All in all, I do believe the film is very well crafted (especially the cinematography as you mentioned; I'm a sucker for great camera work) but it just didn't connect with me the same way it did with others. -
modianos — 16 years ago(November 09, 2009 01:45 PM)
i agree! blah blah blah. i only watched it because some of it was supposedly shot near my hometown. i watched the second half on FF hoping to get a glimpse of something familiar. depressing, dull and boringnot traits i like too much in a movie.
call me snake
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mariavega23 — 16 years ago(November 23, 2009 03:18 PM)
Well, this is one of my favourite movies. I think the story is amazing. I worry about Travis since the first time we saw him there in the middle of the desert, alone and lost. How can a man be in such a hopeless situation??
The evolution of the relation between Travis and Hunter is wonderfully done, and in the part of the Super 8 film you just can feel what Travis is feeling, remembering all that good times. Harry Dean makes a wonderful performance there, and in the whole movie. And I'm interested all the time about what's gonna happen next, if they will find Jane or not, what's gonna happen with Anne, Walt and Hunter
And the scene between Jane and Travis with the telephone is a master-piece for me. It makes me feel so sad, and cry a lot everytime I see it, like in the end. How can someone say the story/script is no good?? They had put the climax of the story in the end, which is just an amazing and great idea. And I think that this part is just breathtakingly beautiful and moving:
"I used to make long speeches to you after you left. I used to talk to you all the time, even though I was alone. I walked around for months talking to you. Now I don't know what to say. It was easier when I just imagined you. I even imagined you talking back to me. We'd have long conversations, the two of us. It was almost like you were there. I could hear you, I could see you, smell you. I could hear your voice. Sometimes your voice would wake me up. It would wake me up in the middle of the night, just like you were in the room with me. Then it slowly faded. I couldn't picture you anymore. I tried to talk out loud to you like I used to, but there was nothing there. I couldn't hear you. Then I just gave it up. Everything stopped. You just disappeared. And now I'm working here. I hear your voice all the time. Every man has your voice."
Apart from that example of the genius of the script, the photography, styling, and music are really great
Anyway, some people can dislike this movie, I guess it's just a matter of taste, but I think that the people who don't like it is because they haven't connect to the characters and the story. Maybe you've never felt like Travis, but I can understand his feelings, and the way that Jane reacted, leaving Hunter behind.
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zwot — 16 years ago(February 06, 2010 08:29 AM)
"I used to make long speeches to you after you left. I used to talk to you all the time, even though I was alone. I walked around for months talking to you. Now I don't know what to say. It was easier when I just imagined you. I even imagined you talking back to me. We'd have long conversations, the two of us. It was almost like you were there. I could hear you, I could see you, smell you. I could hear your voice. Sometimes your voice would wake me up. It would wake me up in the middle of the night, just like you were in the room with me. Then it slowly faded. I couldn't picture you anymore. I tried to talk out loud to you like I used to, but there was nothing there. I couldn't hear you. Then I just gave it up. Everything stopped. You just disappeared. And now I'm working here. I hear your voice all the time. Every man has your voice."
I really connected with that scene because I remember doing exactly the same thing years ago after a failed relationship. The dialogue in my head was so intense for awhile. Then it became rote. Then it slowly faded. What a wonderful film to get lost in.
BTW, your english needs no apologies, it's excellent.
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Burleigh7 — 15 years ago(July 19, 2010 04:19 PM)
Paris, Texas is a beautiful film because it dealt with a main character that is deeply troubled, yet refuses to either judge or glorify him, and simply document his attempts to reconcile from the family he departed from. Harry Dean Stanton was excellent, and all the actors were perfect for their roles. It was 2 and a half hours but for me always interesting.
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chas437 — 13 years ago(April 22, 2012 08:31 PM)
Bravo mariavega, your english is fine and the sentiments you express about this brilliant film are exactly the same as mine. This is one of the greatest films of all time, and the haters on these boards are only making themselves look like fools. This isn't a matter of taste, this is a brilliant film, end of story.
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bluesky84 — 11 years ago(May 12, 2014 07:21 PM)
I liked the Super 8 scene, I guess the home movie was the turning point where Hunter started to trust Travis (remember, he calls him dad for the first time, to the surprise of Walt). While I agree that that moment was a positive time for Travis' family, I could tell it was a bit unbearable for him to watch because of the images of Jane.
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Mod1911 — 15 years ago(September 10, 2010 06:41 PM)
I love Paris, Texas. The OP talked about Lynch's "The Straight Story" and I find these two films similar in some ways. (DL is my favorite director)
WW's tale of the myth of the american family is told against a beautiful south western backdrop. The music reaches into your soul, the photography is breathtaking, and the screenplay and direction are top notch. I don't know what more a film fan could ask for really?
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jamesericmcgee — 15 years ago(October 24, 2010 02:33 AM)
You had it right the first time. If you can't seem to sort it out, keep trying all the same. Travis is in a long-term relationship with addiction, for which he has self-medicated his loss of confidence. He is insecure about being too old for the wife and son, and the energy required to hold these destructive impulses in check is exhausting. Travis finally dropped the phony pretense of controland Wow, what a letdown!
We meet Travis on his way to find his own balance-beam again, which he doesn't, so he can't get back up yet, if ever. Travis never brings up the subject of Jane and Hunter, Walt does. This largest section of the story is a detour from Travis' journey and point of view. He may well be completely ruining things by trying to force Jane to find her love for Hunter again. Travis is merely waking up to his own guilt. The ending is only the dream of hope.
"The only reason I'm paranoid is because everyone's against me." - Frank Burns of MASH
