ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Fermented I found myself in a bizarre predicament with this film. It was a film that I could easily see myself discussing with a group of friends, and remained thinking about it after seeing it. However, I got no enjoyment out of it. From an intellectual point of view there were plenty of topics worthy of discussing, such as the worth of the mass view of your work and what constitutes art versus pornography but the problem for me was the presentation of these ideas.For me, the supposed hero of the story did nothing of his own accord and was led around by the ear of the title character doing exactly what he said. It's hard to root for him if he really has no stock in what he is doing. As well, the title character Henry Fool is unlikeable, and not just because he has a history of deviance. He practically forces his desire for success on someone who otherwise would not want it. There is no dynamic between the two, just a man and his tool that he uses for his own personal gains. To me, neither was likable and it ruined the chance of me rooting for their successes.Meanwhile, the film as a whole seemed needlessly self referential, occasionally fashioning some blatant point through the main character's work or another character's comment that applies almost directly to the film itself. It makes it feel as if the characters are only ways of forcing the writer's concepts about his own work to come to the open, and it uses them for whatever it wants and lets them pick up the pieces afterward.After all this, however, I think that I would still recommend you watch the film. While I have much bad to say about it, it made me think, and when any film does this, it is worth watching simply because I can easily see how a variety of opinions could be formed about the film. Furthermore, not being a writer I found it difficult to identify with any of the predicaments, which might add a personal touch to those who can. At the least I can appreciate an intelligent man trying to make a film of the topics that feel relevant to him.

timonthemove Hal Hartley layered this masterpiece so seamlessly that it cannot be considered except as a whole.The essence of this film is the importance of great art and that one can, and should, commit oneself to the creation of great art independent of what any and all others think.Richard Lattimore, in the poem "If" wrote: "Do it then/if you do/incontrovertibly know/the worst thing you have done/is the best thing under the sun/if it was written true/if it was meant to be so."Simon Grim is gripped by the power of art, of a great lyrical work of poetry that leaves him no choice but to submit to it without reservation. Ultimately, its power, like a brutal gravitational force, warps the lives of those around him, and yet Simon himself, while transformed, is left largely untouched.Riots ensue. A school is burned down. One woman dies and a child is born. A worthless scoundrel becomes an ordinary, blue-collar father. A garbage man wins the Pulitzer prize.And yet I have not even touched upon what is truly great in this movie. It is only in the madness of poetry that one can drink of its greatness. If you have the capacity to be mad, to love, to dream, then perhaps this movie is for you. You will find your soul refreshed.If not, you will say to yourself, "What a maniac!" and think no more of it.But there are few true chances for inspiration in this life, and this is one of them. So much the worse for you if this chance is lost to you.

jbandx Simply put, a pompous, pretentious BORE of a film. Did Mr. Hartley really need two hours and seventeen minutes to tell this trite little story? Would have been a nice little half-hour filler piece on PBS.

kbayram First of all, the dominant structure of the film is about expressionist of some feelings behind the negative personality of the garbage man that he is not also aware of his potential. our main character henry fool is the main actor of garbage man's success,but the genius person must react the situations more quickly. the diaolg between henry and the nobel prize winner is breaking the walls between them as before they were teacher and student and after ýt turned the opposite way after that part of the movie. maybe ý have alotof feelings but my words are not enough. someone must watch it and after he must say something about it.