The whole business about holding up the banks to steal mobster money really falls apart after one viewing, but honestly, who cares? No matter how many times you watch this movie, it never fails to dazzle the eye.
What an awesome concept though...
I think what I like most of all is the incredible isolation of the father-and-son duo as they flee through a barren landscape, beset by enemies. Every place in the movie, whether it's a rural diner or the middle of Chicago, somehow feels like an outpost at the end of the world, with the unity between the Sullivans being the only note of humanity and warmth. That's exactly the kind of spirit I'd have loved to see in SPN.
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Date: 2011-06-11 09:40 pm (UTC)The whole business about holding up the banks to steal mobster money really falls apart after one viewing, but honestly, who cares? No matter how many times you watch this movie, it never fails to dazzle the eye.
What an awesome concept though...
I think what I like most of all is the incredible isolation of the father-and-son duo as they flee through a barren landscape, beset by enemies. Every place in the movie, whether it's a rural diner or the middle of Chicago, somehow feels like an outpost at the end of the world, with the unity between the Sullivans being the only note of humanity and warmth. That's exactly the kind of spirit I'd have loved to see in SPN.