I've wanted to see this movie since it came out. It's only recently I've had some free time to go see it. And I must say that it was well worth the wait. Going in I thought it was going to be a very simple, slapstick type comedy with psycho killers and dognapping. And while it has all these things in it, but there is so much more.
Here's the story. Marty (Colin Farrell) is a screenplay writer working on his next great movie called Seven Psychopaths. Marty also has a best friend named Billy (Sam Rockwell). Billy and his partner in crime Hans (Christopher Walken) run a dognapping scheme where they steal dogs, wait a few days for the owner to get desperate enough to put up posters and offer rewards, then they return the dogs and collect. That's when they kidnap the dog of a local crime boss and psychopath named Charlie (Woody Harrelson). Naturally he isn't too happy about losing his dog so now Marty and his friends are on the run.
This is what they give you in the trailers. Little did I know that it was just the tip of the iceberg. Some of the ideas and visuals in this movie are just gorgeous. It's like a beautiful disaster. It really delves into the idea of what makes a person a "psychopath". I so wish I had someone to share these ideas with because they really are something to be discussed. But I promised all of my readers I would only spoil bad movies and this is anything but.
Needless to say this is one of my favorite comedy movies. I just loved it. It reminds me a lot of another of my favorite comedies, Sideways. They are both smart comedies and really do have a lot of heart in them as well.
It might be too late to catch this gem in the theaters because bigger blockbuster movies have all but pushed this movie out of theaters early. (Seriously, I was in the theater with maybe two other people.) The minute this comes out on DVD, this one is going to be in my personal library.
And yes. Christopher Walken is still "The Man" and should be addressed only as "The Man."
No comments:
Post a Comment