Mr. Brooks

I couldn't really avoid going to see this - not that it is that rare
for people to be my namesake. They should have called it 'Mr. Smith'
or 'Mr. Wong' and they'd have had a much bigger audience just for that
reason.

On the whole I enjoyed this film, it jogged along in a fairly
predictable fashion, but it was fun going along with it all. The most
remarkable thing about it was the actor Kevin Costner - I'd seen him
in a few films before and wondered why anybody hired him because he
was so utterly wooden. I truly didn't believe him capable of acting at
all. I wouldn't say he was brilliant in this film either, but,
amazingly, quite a few times he acted well enough that you didn't
think 'oh, it's that prat Costner', which made the film a lot more
enjoyable.

Also the actress Julia Roberts was less disturbing to look at. In the
past I've always wondered if she had a hare-lip or some other problem
with her mouth that distracted me from anything she said. With age her
lips have thinned down and, though she looks a bit gaunt, she doesn't
look abnormal, so that helped too. Her acting was fairly
underwhelming, but this is the first time I've had a chance to watch
her act.

The plot was OK, and I don't want to give anything away to anybody who
might want to watch it, but I wasn't sure what the imaginary friend
was supposed to be about. Was it supposed to be a schizophrenic
delusion - which wouldn't fit well with anything else? Was it supposed
to be some sort of spook - in which case, why didn't we have any
explanation of why there should be a spook about? Was it, rather,
supposed to be some sort of view of an old fashioned id/ego problem?

This confused matters further as I wasn't clear if there was some sort
of sub-plot in which psychopathy was supposed to be heritable -
because it wasn't clear if it was supposed to be psychopathy or
schizophrenia or something completely different.

I felt that whoever was responsible for plotting or giving expert
advice was hired very cheaply.

I suppose it is possible to have your own private cemetery. I wonder
why there isn't a bigger second hand market for them if they are so
handy.

I was surprised by how well done the movie was...It was enjoyable.
Michael
"Peter H.M. Brooks" <Peter.H.M.Brooks.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I couldn't really avoid going to see this - not that it is that rare
> for people to be my namesake. They should have called it 'Mr. Smith'
> or 'Mr. Wong' and they'd have had a much bigger audience just for that
> reason.
>
> On the whole I enjoyed this film, it jogged along in a fairly
> predictable fashion, but it was fun going along with it all. The most
> remarkable thing about it was the actor Kevin Costner - I'd seen him
> in a few films before and wondered why anybody hired him because he
> was so utterly wooden. I truly didn't believe him capable of acting at
> all. I wouldn't say he was brilliant in this film either, but,
> amazingly, quite a few times he acted well enough that you didn't
> think 'oh, it's that prat Costner', which made the film a lot more
> enjoyable.
>
> Also the actress Julia Roberts was less disturbing to look at. In the
> past I've always wondered if she had a hare-lip or some other problem
> with her mouth that distracted me from anything she said. With age her
> lips have thinned down and, though she looks a bit gaunt, she doesn't
> look abnormal, so that helped too. Her acting was fairly
> underwhelming, but this is the first time I've had a chance to watch
> her act.
>
> The plot was OK, and I don't want to give anything away to anybody who
> might want to watch it, but I wasn't sure what the imaginary friend
> was supposed to be about. Was it supposed to be a schizophrenic
> delusion - which wouldn't fit well with anything else? Was it supposed
> to be some sort of spook - in which case, why didn't we have any
> explanation of why there should be a spook about? Was it, rather,
> supposed to be some sort of view of an old fashioned id/ego problem?
>
> This confused matters further as I wasn't clear if there was some sort
> of sub-plot in which psychopathy was supposed to be heritable -
> because it wasn't clear if it was supposed to be psychopathy or
> schizophrenia or something completely different.
>
> I felt that whoever was responsible for plotting or giving expert
> advice was hired very cheaply.
>
> I suppose it is possible to have your own private cemetery. I wonder
> why there isn't a bigger second hand market for them if they are so
> handy.
>