Boondock Saints is considered by some to be a cult classic but while I think it's a pretty cool for the connection of the brothers which mirrors my own with my twin, I think it whimpers out towards the end by using too much slow motion and style to be labeled a classic. This idea of Boston being the go to place for organized crime and cool accents seems to have been stereotyped in this movie which revolves around two brothers who belive they are saints by killing all the bad people in their city. Listening to the commentary only reaffirms my idea that director Troy Duffy is full of himself, creating this overstylized action movie that uses techno over slow motion action scenes to make it look Tarantino-esque but really is just lazy. I love the sidekick Rocco and the interaction between the brothers looking out for themselves but after hearing the stories from the set, it seems Duffy just cast his friends in this movie and was lucky to get this made in the first place. William Dafoe is the best part of this movie playing a gay FBI agent who is given the crimes scenes the brothers leave behind and then must solve the murders backwards as we the audience are left wondering what happened like he does. Overall, I like the way this movie kind of blends genres of religion, violence, and comradary but the racism and glorification of gunplay is so overdone that it's no wonder this movie was banned b/c it invoked columbine.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Boondock Saints (1999) (Blu Ray) - 7/10
Boondock Saints is considered by some to be a cult classic but while I think it's a pretty cool for the connection of the brothers which mirrors my own with my twin, I think it whimpers out towards the end by using too much slow motion and style to be labeled a classic. This idea of Boston being the go to place for organized crime and cool accents seems to have been stereotyped in this movie which revolves around two brothers who belive they are saints by killing all the bad people in their city. Listening to the commentary only reaffirms my idea that director Troy Duffy is full of himself, creating this overstylized action movie that uses techno over slow motion action scenes to make it look Tarantino-esque but really is just lazy. I love the sidekick Rocco and the interaction between the brothers looking out for themselves but after hearing the stories from the set, it seems Duffy just cast his friends in this movie and was lucky to get this made in the first place. William Dafoe is the best part of this movie playing a gay FBI agent who is given the crimes scenes the brothers leave behind and then must solve the murders backwards as we the audience are left wondering what happened like he does. Overall, I like the way this movie kind of blends genres of religion, violence, and comradary but the racism and glorification of gunplay is so overdone that it's no wonder this movie was banned b/c it invoked columbine.
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