tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407789958418486503.post2923807361095675007..comments2023-05-19T01:00:28.611-07:00Comments on Processed Grass: I Wanna Be Like You, I Wanna Walk Like You, Talk Like You, TooRich Thornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175155453260438808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407789958418486503.post-19011756303334196572011-09-10T17:25:14.733-07:002011-09-10T17:25:14.733-07:00Hmm, I can definitely see where you are coming fro...Hmm, I can definitely see where you are coming from with that last thought. I think there is something to be said for films that are more toned down like this one where the violence is not glorified; instead, it simply exists and is captured.<br /><br />As for Goodfellas, I'll have to get back to that after I get through my inevitable list of shame. Though I do really love The Departed, which I hear is similar. They are definitely two different types of films, and I'm not sure that The Departed gives me as much to chew on, though I think the themes are clear in that film as well.<br /><br />I probably do owe Animal Kingdom a rewatch at some point in the future.Rich Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14175155453260438808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2407789958418486503.post-43563310686347635072011-09-10T09:51:56.323-07:002011-09-10T09:51:56.323-07:00Great write-up! I was surprised by the end that yo...Great write-up! I was surprised by the end that you didn't like the film more since it provoked so much thoughtfulness and some very compelling observations. Perhaps re-watching it at some point, having different expectations, would be interesting for you.<br /><br />"Gritty" is an apt word for the film, and J's character - opaque as it is - is so much more compelling to me than something like Liotta's character in Goodfellas, an aggressive, cool character in a glossy film, a film I find incredibly repellent. Animal Kingdom - and maybe Gomorra, too, which I haven't seen - feels like something of an antidote to the cool glossiness of Scorsese's crime dramas. Would you agree?M. Tamminga (@oneaprilday)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10369421041119819033noreply@blogger.com