Blue Ruin

[Mark Thibodeau]

Hey, no worries on the friendly dissenting! You're not ruffling my
feathers or anything.

I could probably be convinced that Blue Ruin is a legit Noir or Neo
Noir. It certainly is interesting and original, and I could totally
understand someone finding it to be a bracing breath of cinematic
fresh air. I just personally didn't find it as compelling and
propulsive as Green Room (by the same director).

But I'm weird. Everyone I know is freaking out about the new trailer
for IT. It's even broken records and stuff. Me? Even though King was
my first favorite contemporary author (after cutting my prodigal teeth
on Baum, Verne, Wells, Stevenson, and expurgated, teen-friendly
versions of Frankenstein and Moby Dick), I think the new trailer is
silly, boring, and not at all enticing. Except maybe for the score.
The whole "kids saying things in a creepy voice" thing hasn't worked
on me since the 80's, and I can't understand why people are freaking
out.

Jerky


On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm gonna dissent..
>
>
> The rec made me curious and the Rotten Tomatoes rating obliged me to find it
> (free, btw) on Amazon Prime...I thought it was very good...never considered
> the possibility  that a movie with even less dialog than the verbally
> sparse, Derzu Uzala, could be made.
>
> Appeared to me to check the necessary Noir boxes.
>
> love,
> cfa
>
> On Apr 1, 2017 3:27 PM, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I thought it was... okay. Don't see the "noir" aspect though, as it's
>> anything but stylish/stylized. It felt more verite' to me. Noir
>> doesn't just mean grim and depressing with an all but silent anti-hero
>> now, does it?
>>
>> I preferred his Green Room, but then again, I like watching Nazis die
>> horrible deaths.
>>
>> Jerky
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 1:52 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Funny:  I was at my local library this AM randomly looking at the DVD
>> > shelves, thinking to randomly find something good.  I saw Blue Ruin, and
>> > liked the name, but didn't pick it up.  Next time I will.
>> >
>> > David Morris
>> >
>> > On Sat, Apr 1, 2017 at 12:32 PM Jesse Gooch <jlgooch at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Who’s seen Blue Ruin?  I liked this quite a bit.  Came across it in an
>> >> article about neo noir and enjoyed it.  Good pacing and the protagonist
>> >> was
>> >> interesting.
>> >>
>> >> Not so much a fan of the other 2 movies the guy made (Murder Party and
>> >> Green Room) but this one is good.
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