Friday, August 30, 2019

Marriage Story Quickie


Marriage Story is a film that many of my friends rolls their eyes at and I can’t really blame them. Movies about creative people and actors just rub some people the wrong way.

And I certainly couldn’t argue that either of these characters are actually very good people at the end of the day, but I was rooting for each of these characters through their selfish actions and bad choices all the same and this film’s ending legitimately had one of the most moving scenes in any film I’ve seen this year—-and in a very long time.

What hasn’t been said already about this film. Yes! Both Adam Driver and Scarjo give fantastic performances. And honestly Adam Driver kind of elevates anything he’s in that I see a few points. Have you seen the new Star Wars trilogy you guys, imagine if someone from the prequel trilogy played that part. It would not be the same.

Adam Driver is probably so buff from carrying that franchise on his shoulders and I’m sure this is a joke that I’ve stolen so I’m just going to give credit to the millions of other people who have made this joke before me.

The most compelling aspect of Marriage Story is the depths of the human heart it strips bare and explores without ever feeling like a movie. These characters act and speak like real people and make choices that we often can’t sympathize with but also understand.

I don’t really have much else to say about this movie except that it’s a fantastically real portrayal of a marriage coming apart where neither person is the villain and that is something rather hard to pull off.

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