Sorry for the wait. I know my readers eagerly await my thoughts on cinema. Anyway, the film in question today is "Stone", a limited release film starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, and Milla Jovovich. I started watching this film one day in West Lafayette while Jiayi was doing work, and didn't get a chance to write a review since I was predisposed in Argentina, but, better later than never:
Woeful. Absolutely woeful. I have seen some bad films in my time, many noted here on this blog, but it is pretty rare that you come across a movie that makes no sense. After watching the last few minutes of this film, I literally sat up and said out loud: "I have no idea what I just watched". Because I didn't. Sure, I knew the basic premise of the story, but the way it all came together, or was supposed to come together, made absolutely no sense. Its like the screenwriter decided to throw in a plot element and than just forgot to have it explained in the movie. The ending pretty much summed-up the entire film: It just ended at a random point. No real conclusion, just, boom, screen goes black. I think the director realized his mistake of taking this script on and just said "fuck it, I am going out for doughnuts, lets end it here". There were also some pretty heavy religious undertones in this movie, and I am still struggling to figure out what they had to do with anything at all.
"Psychological thriller", that was what "Stone" was billed as. Yeah, sure, you can see the "battle" of wits taking place between De Niro's character as a parole officer and Norton, who played an arsonist trying to spring out from the clinker early. Norton uses his wife, Jovovich to seduce De Niro's character. Well, it was hardly thrilling, pretty predictable, if anything. I would say that the interchanges between De Niro and Norton were pretty interesting, and it should be said that Norton actually does do a pretty good job, he is a solid actor, and the word is he shadowed an actual Detroit white-trash inmate in order to imitate him. Other than this the movie does not show one iota of sense and is devoid of anything that might make it a thriller. De Niro, who really doesn't need any introductions, just plodded without a clue through his role, which was horribly written, and it was a shame to see him put in such a position. You want to hear something funny though? Mill Jovovich acting. That's right. Whoever cast her in this movie must have thought themselves a real riot, because she has absolutely no business being in front of a director's camera. I mean, what was her break out role? Resident Evil. Let me say that again: Resident Evil
Verdict: Why bother? Fantastic waste of time. Grade: D, Norton saves this from just absolute failure.
If you liked this movie you might also like: Listening to the ramblings of Qadhaffi or Charlie Sheen, or watching John Boehner cry. They all make about as much sense as this movie did.
Woeful. Absolutely woeful. I have seen some bad films in my time, many noted here on this blog, but it is pretty rare that you come across a movie that makes no sense. After watching the last few minutes of this film, I literally sat up and said out loud: "I have no idea what I just watched". Because I didn't. Sure, I knew the basic premise of the story, but the way it all came together, or was supposed to come together, made absolutely no sense. Its like the screenwriter decided to throw in a plot element and than just forgot to have it explained in the movie. The ending pretty much summed-up the entire film: It just ended at a random point. No real conclusion, just, boom, screen goes black. I think the director realized his mistake of taking this script on and just said "fuck it, I am going out for doughnuts, lets end it here". There were also some pretty heavy religious undertones in this movie, and I am still struggling to figure out what they had to do with anything at all.
"Psychological thriller", that was what "Stone" was billed as. Yeah, sure, you can see the "battle" of wits taking place between De Niro's character as a parole officer and Norton, who played an arsonist trying to spring out from the clinker early. Norton uses his wife, Jovovich to seduce De Niro's character. Well, it was hardly thrilling, pretty predictable, if anything. I would say that the interchanges between De Niro and Norton were pretty interesting, and it should be said that Norton actually does do a pretty good job, he is a solid actor, and the word is he shadowed an actual Detroit white-trash inmate in order to imitate him. Other than this the movie does not show one iota of sense and is devoid of anything that might make it a thriller. De Niro, who really doesn't need any introductions, just plodded without a clue through his role, which was horribly written, and it was a shame to see him put in such a position. You want to hear something funny though? Mill Jovovich acting. That's right. Whoever cast her in this movie must have thought themselves a real riot, because she has absolutely no business being in front of a director's camera. I mean, what was her break out role? Resident Evil. Let me say that again: Resident Evil
Verdict: Why bother? Fantastic waste of time. Grade: D, Norton saves this from just absolute failure.
If you liked this movie you might also like: Listening to the ramblings of Qadhaffi or Charlie Sheen, or watching John Boehner cry. They all make about as much sense as this movie did.
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