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Today's movie was filmed around Palm Springs, in the desert at Joshua Tree National Park.

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

And it does have its moments but for the most part it is a mess.

I wanted to see it because it is written and directed by Martin McDonagh. I am watching all of his. Well, there aren't that many.

I am not sure what goes wrong here. The stars are all in place. Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson and Christopher Walken. The story isn't bad. There is a cute dog. But the whole thing doesn't gel. Too bad. It has great scenery. Very familiar. You can only go a few places in Joshua Tree Park and you can see that they were pretty much constrained to those specific spots. I guess movie people don't get any slack around the rules either.

I didn't count the psychopaths. It is actually a title of a play or movie script which, no surprise, it turns out the film's script. Or something. It doesn't quite work.

One thing that is fun is that the scenes in L.A. are pretty much the same as the ones used in the the last one I saw.

I am wandering but so does the film.

I liked all the little parts though. Like I said. I would put this down as a 3 out of Netflix5. Just not one of his best.

Labels: films