Boyhood
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:31 pm
I caught this yesterday. I had some time on my own so I thought I'd check it out. It's received a bit of critical acclaim. It's long...about 2 hrs and 45 minutes but I didn't notice the time. It follows a young boy from around the age of 5 till he graduates from high school and goes to college. I guess the director, Richard Linklater, put this idea together around 2002 and got everybody to sign on. He got them all together for a few weeks or so ever year. Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke play the roles of the divorced mom and dad. Some of you may not dig it and an argument could be made about the lack of appeal for watching a movie about a normal "real" life. There's no titties, car chases, explosions, and for Tom Furman...sadly no silat/knife-fighting. So why watch that shit right? Although it's scripted I believe the four major actors and Linklater all played an equal role in writing the script. For me I totally dug it. You literally get to watch the young boy and his sister grow up. You see Arquette and Hawke age. Hawke is absolutely wonderful as a young, divorced father who's trying to find his way but loves his children with an innocence and hope that I think all you fuckers who had kids young and struggled will get. Arquette is that sorta thick, sexy mom that's also trying to do the right thing to make a better life for herself and her children...she goes back to school, marries a couple of wrong guys but all the while keeping her eye on the prize. Shapebaby rates this film two huge thumbs in with a massive cheek spread bordering on real pain.