Moon, The Hurt Locker, and The Brothers Bloom are all out today and I can recommend all of them with ease. [Read more...]
Re-Post-Review: The Brothers Bloom
05/29/2009 by Leave a Comment
I saw this movie last October and I stand by my opinion from then, and infact, I liked it even more the second time around.
Rian Johnson is back with another solid entry in his sophomore debut, which is full of humor, style, and great work by everyone involved, all mixed with a story that really makes you care about the characters and their plot they are involved in.
Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con men for most of their lives, moving from foster family to foster family, never fitting in, but Stephen is always able to find the story to earn them a little something wherever they are. While Stephen is the brains, Bloom is the hook, and he has lived his life as someone else, written by someone else, and is coming to the grips that he has never been himself or made any real connection with anyone on his own. When Bloom quits, again, Stephen tracks him down and promises him that this will be the last con, and he (Bloom) can live his life as his own forever. So Stephen, Bloom, and Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), their ‘explosive’ third man, set off to New Jersey to set up their new mark, Penelope (Rachel Weisz). [Read more...]
Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con men for most of their lives, moving from foster family to foster family, never fitting in, but Stephen is always able to find the story to earn them a little something wherever they are. While Stephen is the brains, Bloom is the hook, and he has lived his life as someone else, written by someone else, and is coming to the grips that he has never been himself or made any real connection with anyone on his own. When Bloom quits, again, Stephen tracks him down and promises him that this will be the last con, and he (Bloom) can live his life as his own forever. So Stephen, Bloom, and Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), their ‘explosive’ third man, set off to New Jersey to set up their new mark, Penelope (Rachel Weisz). [Read more...]
Review: The Brothers Bloom
12/18/2008 by 2 Comments
Rian Johnson is back with another solid entry in his sophomore debut, which is full of humor, style, and great work by everyone involved, all mixed with a story that really makes you care about the characters and their plot they are involved in.
Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have been con men for most of their lives, moving from foster family to foster family, never fitting in, but Stephen is always able to find the story to earn them a little something wherever they are. While Stephen is the brains, Bloom is the hook, and he has lived his life as someone else, written by someone else, and is coming to the grips that he has never been himself or made any real connection with anyone on his own. When Bloom quits, again, Stephen tracks him down and promises him that this will be the last con, and he (Bloom) can live his life as his own forever. So Stephen, Bloom, and Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), their ‘explosive’ third man, set off to New Jersey to set up their new mark, Penelope (Rachel Weisz).
The film is told from the perspective of the brothers, mostly Bloom [Read more...]
