DISQUS

Pablo Morales · 1 year ago

I am pretty sure Time Cop dealt with what would happen if a person traveled through time and met up with his self. Ron Silver (if I have his name correct) did just that and knew not to touch him self.

So...please don't give the writer/director of Southland Tales credit for thinking about things that no one else thinks about.

Southland Tales is made up of a bunch of silly ideas thrown together with the hope that it would be viewed as a smart movie. It is not a smart movie, nor an interesting one.

Antiklaus · 11 months ago

I think the last poster missed the crux of what this film was about. It was far from a "bunch of ideas thrown together" - it was obviously seriously considered on many regards and makes fantastic use of literary devices such as foreshadowing and allegory. The biggest fault of this film is that it doesn't dumb itself down to the common audience.

The only criticism I have of this film is that it seems almost overtly derivative of the works (and worlds) of Robert Anton Wilson, who, were he still alive, would probably have a case if he decided to sue for royalties.

That complaint aside, this is a movie for thinkers. If you want action without plot, go elsewhere. This isn't a film you are going to solve in one viewing, nor in that matter in one frame of mind. If you like your cinema with a puzzle you can wrap your brain around, then you won't be disappointed.

Watto · 10 months ago

I enjoyed how creative the film was but finished frustrated with trying to piece it all together. This review has assisted in making sense of some of it. I'm going to have to watch this again and again to get the rest. Bravo to Sean William Scott on a great performance.

Ezra DUncan · 10 months ago

This movie is a sobering slap in the face to where the world is and is going. Goodbye America, I hardly knew you.

filmvisuality · 9 months ago

This is the best review of Southland Tales that I have found. I salute you sir. When I was watching it I kept thinking of Mulholland Dr., especially with Rebekah Del Rio and even the shining blue ball thing.

Rai · 7 months ago

I agree with filmvisuality. Not sure I agree with the A- but it's a fair review of the film.

Though I know films aren't solely or even principally about storytelling, the actual storytelling in this film is piss-poor. Things happen for no reason and with no tangible effect (Like the scene with the Japanese prime minister). Simplistic, lame, and downright lazy plot devices are used to advance the plot (like the ATM machine thing), and so forth. It's fine that he released a graphic novel, but it's a really crap way to tell a story. Just because art is often pretentious doesn't mean it has to or should be.

All that being said, I did like the film...weird