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[Weapxn]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

I've got a bud who is pretty hard on films, and he had nothing but good things to say. I'll trust him when he says it's genuinely good. I understand where you're coming from though. I had the same question.

 

[WarrenMax007]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

It's good.

 

[~Kinggi~]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

Its idea is what makes it good, since the idea is the movie. I can only see it winning for the novelty of it. There was nothing particularly engaging about the story beyond the obvious success of chronicling a boy growing up.

 

[Choomp]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

Have it feeling it's the latter for most people. It's so simple and doesn't take on the normal conventions movies do now, and it's basically just someone's life, with nothing really too special happening in it.

 

[shadyspace]

It's not as good as Bad News Bears...like not even close. It's pretty much hailed as an achievement for shooting a film for like forty years? thirty?

Of all the goddamn Linklater films you could have used you went with the Bad News Bears remake.

 

[Always-honest]

I've got a bud who is pretty hard on films, and he had nothing but good things to say. I'll trust him when he says it's genuinely good. I understand where you're coming from though. I had the same question.

Yeah same here. The concept is interesting enough to watch it. But it would be nice if the movie itself was kinda good too.

 

[Oersted]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

Its good but way too overblown due the way its done. There were many better movies this year, Grand Budapest/Selma etc. but its recommendable.

 

[Sanjuro]

Of all the goddamn Linklater films you could have used you went with the Bad News Bears remake.

A lot of people love the Bad News Bear remake.

His filmography is kind of all over the place.

 

[BBboy20]

Are we gonna get star-lord and future captain marvel (blunt) presenting together

She's Captian Marvel?

 

[newjeruse]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

The two are inseparable in this case. Many films with the same plot would seem overly saccharine, but the concept draws you so close to the characters, it feels much more earned.

 

[JABEE]

A lot of people love the Bad News Bear remake.

His filmography is kind of all over the place.

I liked the Bad News Bears remake.

 

[The Boohbah Zone]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

Both. It's a pretty great portrait of a child growing up just taken on its own but the fact that you're actually watching the child physically grow up over the course of the film elevates it into something really special.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

She's Captian Marvel?

No. It's just fan casting.

 

[vatstep]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

I felt like it was the latter, but I seem to be mostly alone in that. I just felt like if the same story was told/directed in the traditional sense (with multiple actors playing the same character, or by using effects/make-up) that it'd be pretty average. That's just me, though.

 

[Weapxn]

She's Captian Marvel?

Rumor. A great rumor though. I hope it's true.

 

[Sanjuro]

I liked the Bad News Bears remake.

A lot of people do. The misconception is people see it as a remake and base it off that. For a film? It's one of the best remakes I've ever seen.

 

[Hours Left]

Rumor. A great rumor though. I hope it's true.

Man, I hope so. That would be amazing.

 

[overcast]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

It's a great movie. Also a technical achievement.

 

[Always-honest]

The third one will be even better

Not sure how to take this. Do you know stuff i don't (and there is a great part 3 coming). or do you consider every sequel to be less than the original by default?

 

[WarrenMax007]

Have it feeling it's the latter for most people. It's so simple and doesn't take on the normal conventions movies do now, and it's basically just someone's life, with nothing really too special happening in it.

That's the point.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Ugh

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

It's a great film.

 

[shadyspace]

A lot of people do. The misconception is people see it as a remake and base it off that. For a film? It's one of the best remakes I've ever seen.

They didn't even drink real beer.

 

[TheAbsolution]

Oh man, this joke sure isn't being dragged out.
Why?

 

[Nobility]

Wow, they really pushing this North Korea angle.

 

[WonkyPanda]

Uh oh.

 

[rude]

North Korea jokes continue to be awful

 

[Tamanon]

NK bit is coming off pretty racist, and not funny.

 

[Sanjuro]

They didn't even drink real beer.

Well, yeah. They couldn't time travel to an age where you could exploit kids beyond pop music.

 

[Blader]

Is Boyhood a good film or is the idea of it what makes it good?

It's a great idea and an amazing film.

 

[the_firewithin]

I hope Tina and Amy were forced into this because they're better then this

 

[Omzz]

just awful

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

That was physically painful

 

[overcast]

A lot of people love the Bad News Bear remake.

His filmography is kind of all over the place.

Dazed and Confused, Before trilogy, School of Rock, and Boyhood are vastly superior. Slacker is more interesting to me too.

I think many directors would kill to have had a career like his.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I hope Tina and Amy were forced into this because they're better then this

I agree.

 

[Delio]

NK bit is coming off pretty racist, and not funny.

Yeah it really is.

 

[Cagey]

Margaret Cho defiling herself with that racist shit.

 

[Hours Left]

Bill looks as pale as me.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

I want Bill Hader to be way more successful.

 

[Sanjuro]

Bill Hader. The SNL alum nobody will give a fuck about, and it's sad.

 

[santi_yo]

Those NK jokes gave me cancer. Stahp.

 

[McDougles]

Margaret Cho defiling herself with that racist shit.

I'd hate to show you 30 Rock.

 

[TheAbsolution]

I want Bill Hader to be way more successful.

Me too. Dude is funny as hell.

 

[valkillmore]

I hope Tina and Amy were forced into this because they're better then this

Are you joking. Like those two would agree to ANY jokes they didn't believe in.

This is simply a misstep on their part.

 

[MIMIC]

Please read the list.

 

[Choomp]

aAHahahhohhHAhSTOOOOP!!!!!!!
Stop with the North Korea stuff too

 

[The Boohbah Zone]

Yikes to most of the jokes tonight

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Of all the goddamn Linklater films you could have used you went with the Bad News Bears remake.

Next to Fast Food Nation, his worst movie. Weird pull.

 

[shwimpy]

.

 

[Draconian]

This is awful.