Saturday, January 12, 2013
THREE WAY
Today's film was Lynn Shelton's
with Mark DuPlass, Rosemarie DeWitt and Emily Blunt.
Great acting in an unconventional story about a best friend who gets sent to his best friend's father's island off Seattle to get himself together only to find his best friend's sister already in residence.
Indie enjoyment. Not a Hollywood product.
Confused feelings ensue which bring long held in emotions to the fore.
A piece of superb ensemble acting. When one of them is not on the screen the missing one is part of the action if you know what I mean. It feels very real.
The photography in this film is astoundingly beautiful. Part of this is the iMac screen that I am watching on. I am close, it is big and it is brilliant. The Puget Sound weather helps. Foggy and brilliant and watery and birds. All around. Almost shocking.
It is also beautiful because this is all digital and while this was filmed in a very short period on an extremely tight budget they get an enormous bang for their buck. Credit the cinematographer who must have decided to take nature shots while he was waiting for the actors to suit up.
This is not a great movie but it is a moving story and the characters are refreshingly unique as well as nicely engaged with one another.
A 3 out of Netflix5.
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