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Five
Easy Pieces
by Christian De Matteo
Solid
So some of you have come to this page
are thinking, “Okay, so it’s a Solid.
Whatever.” But
others of you are thinking, But this is Five Easy Pieces,
how could you only give it a Solid?
Well, for those five of you, I am aware
that it is a classic. And
I do really enjoy it. It’s
a fine movie. Well written, very well acted and well directed.
No doubt on any of these things.
But it’s a movie from the 70s.
And it’s slow.
Like most 70s movies.
I enjoyed it very much, and liked the
way the story unfolded. Nicholson’s
character (Bobby) is very well developed and unveiled very
slowly, which makes for an enjoyable watch.
Karen Black (Drive, He Said, Easy Rider) is
phenomenal as Rayette, Bobby’s white-trash, but wonderfully
loving girlfriend, who is, like so many women you’ve known,
can’t get away from guys who are not good for them.
Rayette is, despite her lower social class (a major
issue), the perfect woman for Bobby… and he knows it.
Bobby also knows he’s not worthy of
her.
The movie is excellent, complete with
the Magnolia precursor conversation between Bobby and his
wheelchair bound father who can’t speak.
But it’s slower than molasses, as
the expression goes. The
dialogue is real and crisp, but slowly delivered and slowly
revealed, giving all the slow reality that the film is trying to
capture… slowly.
This is a great film with an
incredible cast and incredible performances.
The writing is sharp and the ending is wonderful.
A great movie… but slow.
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