Mystic River

Discussion in 'Movies' started by Maggie Sugar, Jun 22, 2004.

  1. Maggie Sugar

    Maggie Sugar Senior Member

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    WOW! Penn and Robbins were excellent. Bacon had a decent role for once.

    It really made an impact on me, we had friends stop over in the middle, so I stayed up until 2:00 to see the end after they left.

    It was a VERY disturbing film, and very well done. Penn deserved the Academy Award (although he, smartly, doesn't really care that much.) I am so glad he came back to acting.

    I have to go out and get the book now. If I had known it was a book, I would have read it first.

    Any one else see it?
     
  2. seamonster66

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    I thought it was pretty disturbing too, especially the ending when his wife easily accepts what he has done and they go out and cheer for the 4th of July parade and the other mother, responsible for her innocent husbands death, is waving at her son who won't wave back.


    Just a gloomy setting there in that neighborhood!
     
  3. Maggie Sugar

    Maggie Sugar Senior Member

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    Yeah, I thought the wife's reaction was weird, too. Maybe that's why she likes guys like him LOL! My dh felt really bad for Dave's wife, Celeste, as she didn't know what had happened, but had some ideas. I knew from the beginning it wasn't him.

    I thought there was going to be more with the guys who abducted Dave, as they purposely showed the ring on the one guy's finger as a Priest's ring. Maybe it is in the book. Did you catch the forshadowing when the Savage Brothers take Dave in the car, it was exactly like the scene when the abductors took him, down to the way the passenger was sitting and how Dave was looking out the back window. It gave me the chills!
     
  4. seamonster66

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    YES, and the doors were unlocked in both cars but he never made a move to escape!
     
  5. Maggie Sugar

    Maggie Sugar Senior Member

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    Wow, I didn't notice that. Makes you think (along with the way he related to people in the movie) that Dave was not a guy who argued much, and went along with just about anything. Sad.

    In the film, when Dave is returned, one of the men in the neighborhood called him "damaged goods" apt description. One of those movies where you really feel bad for a character. How can you get more sad and down and out than Dave. I know people like him. I feel so bad for these people.
     
  6. KJ is cool

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    i watched this movie last night too. i also really enjoyed it. anyone else notice that the murdered girls boyfriend was smalls from the sandlot? i thought that was cool.
     
  7. kincajou

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    im watching this movie either tonight or tomorow night. looking forwards to it...
     
  8. agarzenry

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    i thought mystic river was a good film - good ending, good acting, but hte soundtrack was terrible...i though anyways,
    peace
     

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