I thought the movie was pretty good. However, I felt there were TOO many loose ends. I understand having an open ending, but I felt as if it was too open. I thought the character development was pretty good, but I didn't particularly like Claire, I thought she was too wishy-washy and almost made the story hard to follow. It moved pretty fast, and I feel as if I would have appreciated and understood the movie more if I had read the book beforehand. Overall, I thought it was an enjoyable movie.
Well, the movie A Home At The End of the World was definitely eye opening in terms of seeing how Michael Cunningham utilizes his unique style in ways different than how he used it in The Hours. It was cool to see how a writer can use his approach unique to him but mold it to the requirements of any particular story. It was also interesting to see such an unconventional story about a life that was not the normal life, but yet despite all of the hardships Bobby endured he managed to love and be loved throughout the film. That being said, I wish the ending had tied up a few more of the loose ends. I understand leaving some of the interpretation to the audience, but the ending of this film left basically everything up to the viewer's perception of it. Perhaps some of it could have been made slightly more concrete. But that's just me.
"A Home at the End of the World" was an interesting movie because it explored a lifestyle that is unconventional and many of us are less familiar with. I think parts of it were very heartwarming and very effectively said something about the human condition, but other parts of it were maybe a little bit too strange. Overall I think I liked the end of the movie better than the beginning because I knew more about the character I could maybe relate to the emotions of the characters a little bit better. The ending was maybe a little bit too open but I did care about the characters at the end, and that is maybe more than I can say about the beginning. The beginning had a lot of things happening right away and it was hard to process all of it when it was so fast. It seemed pretty unrealistic but towards the end it pulled together a little bit more. I think that overall I liked the movie more than I thought I would at the beginning but I don't think I would recommend it to very many people.
The film "A Home at the End of the World" was a bit weird but was actually very interesting. It was neat to see Michael Cunningham's style in a movie but also because it related back to the novel The Hours. At first I did not think I would like the film but as I watched more of it it sort of grew on me. Bobby's life is so unconventional and the style of the movie was so out of the ordinary that at first it is kind of a turn off. As the story progressed you feel the love in the movie and are intrigued. I also thought the ending was left pretty open, which could be seen as an easy out but I actually liked that it left a lot to the imagination since it was such a wacky movie anyway! I was glad I watched this movie!
Although I missed most a majority of the film, I feel like, from just seeing the ending, it was not nearly as good as The Hours. Michael Cunningham obviously has many themes that he likes to use in his books (and movie adaptations), such as the one-female-two-male love triangle, but it just seems a little contrived after reading The Hours. I'm probably not the best judge because I didn't see the entire film, but I read the plot summary, and it just seems to be strange coming from Cunningham. Of course, there are many similarities in his use of gay culture in his writing, but I don't think that it could have lived up to The Hours.
I thought the movie was pretty good. However, I felt there were TOO many loose ends. I understand having an open ending, but I felt as if it was too open. I thought the character development was pretty good, but I didn't particularly like Claire, I thought she was too wishy-washy and almost made the story hard to follow. It moved pretty fast, and I feel as if I would have appreciated and understood the movie more if I had read the book beforehand. Overall, I thought it was an enjoyable movie.
ReplyDeleteWell, the movie A Home At The End of the World was definitely eye opening in terms of seeing how Michael Cunningham utilizes his unique style in ways different than how he used it in The Hours. It was cool to see how a writer can use his approach unique to him but mold it to the requirements of any particular story. It was also interesting to see such an unconventional story about a life that was not the normal life, but yet despite all of the hardships Bobby endured he managed to love and be loved throughout the film. That being said, I wish the ending had tied up a few more of the loose ends. I understand leaving some of the interpretation to the audience, but the ending of this film left basically everything up to the viewer's perception of it. Perhaps some of it could have been made slightly more concrete. But that's just me.
ReplyDelete"A Home at the End of the World" was an interesting movie because it explored a lifestyle that is unconventional and many of us are less familiar with. I think parts of it were very heartwarming and very effectively said something about the human condition, but other parts of it were maybe a little bit too strange. Overall I think I liked the end of the movie better than the beginning because I knew more about the character I could maybe relate to the emotions of the characters a little bit better. The ending was maybe a little bit too open but I did care about the characters at the end, and that is maybe more than I can say about the beginning. The beginning had a lot of things happening right away and it was hard to process all of it when it was so fast. It seemed pretty unrealistic but towards the end it pulled together a little bit more. I think that overall I liked the movie more than I thought I would at the beginning but I don't think I would recommend it to very many people.
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ReplyDeleteThe film "A Home at the End of the World" was a bit weird but was actually very interesting. It was neat to see Michael Cunningham's style in a movie but also because it related back to the novel The Hours. At first I did not think I would like the film but as I watched more of it it sort of grew on me. Bobby's life is so unconventional and the style of the movie was so out of the ordinary that at first it is kind of a turn off. As the story progressed you feel the love in the movie and are intrigued. I also thought the ending was left pretty open, which could be seen as an easy out but I actually liked that it left a lot to the imagination since it was such a wacky movie anyway! I was glad I watched this movie!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I missed most a majority of the film, I feel like, from just seeing the ending, it was not nearly as good as The Hours. Michael Cunningham obviously has many themes that he likes to use in his books (and movie adaptations), such as the one-female-two-male love triangle, but it just seems a little contrived after reading The Hours. I'm probably not the best judge because I didn't see the entire film, but I read the plot summary, and it just seems to be strange coming from Cunningham. Of course, there are many similarities in his use of gay culture in his writing, but I don't think that it could have lived up to The Hours.
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