Hell Or High Water - Bridges, Pine & Foster from the director of Starred Up & the writer of Sicario

[Dominic Brehetto]

Finally watched this.


Ashamed it took me this long.


I fukking loved it.

This is a 10/10 and I already know will be a film I watch repeatedly.

Bridges and foster had the showier roles but Chris pine's understated performance is what made the film.


For some reason the movie reminded me of tom hardy and the drop.

Understated performance with a somewhat cliche plot and a final 10 minutes that really binds the film's together.


That ending scene with bridges and pine was phenomenonal

10/10

 

[hostsamurai]

I liked how in the first couple scenes they gave some backstory(no jobs, foreclosures, dying town) without actually bashing the audience over the head and treating us like we're dumb, like with Nocturnal Animals.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Finally watched this.


Ashamed it took me this long.


I fukking loved it.

This is a 10/10 and I already know will be a film I watch repeatedly.

Bridges and foster had the showier roles but Chris pine's understated performance is what made the film.


For some reason the movie reminded me of tom hardy and the drop.

Understated performance with a somewhat cliche plot and a final 10 minutes that really binds the film's together.


That ending scene with bridges and pine was phenomenonal

10/10

Pretty good movie, but definitely not a 10. That's Godfather levels.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Pretty good movie, but definitely not a 10. That's Godfather levels.

I've watched it 3 times already,still a 10 to me.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

I've watched it 3 times already,still a 10 to me.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

What's flawed about the film?

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

What's flawed about the film?

It's a coo flick. Just one if those movies I have no urge to watch again. Maybe a year or two down the road. But it's not a bad movie, just didn't blow me away like that. It's a good crime drama, but that's about it.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

It's a coo flick. Just one if those movies I have no urge to watch again. Maybe a year or two down the road. But it's not a bad movie, just didn't blow me away like that. It's a good crime drama, but that's about it.

Well,it was nominated for best film for a reason

 

[Scottie Drippin]

What's flawed about the film?

Movie is an 8.

It gets in, gets out, makes it point, and ends clean. Executes everything well. It's the type of movie that gets very high reviews exactly because it doesn't have any flaws, but falls well short of being a classic. In order to do that, you have to take some sort of risk. There are no iconic scenes in the movie, no legendary characters. It tackles a very real, hot button issue, and does it in a way that's logical but lacking any real lingering gravitas. Doesn't spawn any discussion, doesn't really call for deeper thought. The main characters don't even really question there own motivation. It's a pretty cut and dry film, one that's done very well. Dialogue is good, nothing special, action scenes are solid, nothing especially memorable, dazzling, or visceral.

And honestly, the BIGGEST reason it falls short of classic, is that it so closely resembles a genuine modern day classic in No Country for Old Men that does all of these things in spades. And when you're only being compared and coming up short to the Coen's or Villenueve's it's an honor, and perfectly okay to come up short. Still came up short, though.

Like @Ebonic Plague there just isn't any reason to watch it again aside from a few years down the road when the particulars of the plot and scenes get fuzzy enough to be entertained by them again.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Movie is an 8.

It gets in, gets out, makes it point, and ends clean. Executes everything well. It's the type of movie that gets very high reviews exactly because it doesn't have any flaws, but falls well short of being a classic. In order to do that, you have to take some sort of risk. There are no iconic scenes in the movie, no legendary characters. It tackles a very real, hot button issue, and does it in a way that's logical but lacking any real lingering gravitas. Doesn't spawn any discussion, doesn't really call for deeper thought. The main characters don't even really question there own motivation. It's a pretty cut and dry film, one that's done very well.

And honestly, the BIGGEST reason it falls short of classic, is that it so closely resembles a genuine modern day classic in No Country for Old Men that does all of these things in spades.

Like @Ebonic Plague there just isn't any reason to watch it again aside from a few years down the road when the particulars of the plot and scenes get fuzzy enough to be entertained by them again.

Good post.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Well,it was nominated for best film for a reason

A lot of films get nominated for best pic. Like I said, I liked it. But it's no Sicario. I can watch that flick again and again.

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

Well,it's a 10 to me.


And the ending scene between bridges and pine is a scene I will always remember,so it's iconic to me.


It's right there with sicario and no country for old men for me.

The ending of hell or high water was much better than no country for old men's.

It's a 10.

Matter of fact I'm going to watch it a 4th time tonight.

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Fantastic fukking movie btw. Just watched it this morning holy shyt. Was such a randomly fun movie

 

[ViShawn]

Sicario > Wind River > Hell Or High Water in terms of the Prarie Trilogy.