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Alpha Dog (2006)
Had so Much Potential...
I feel like the only scene worth watching is the scene between Justin Timberlake and Anton Yelchin on top of the mountain-y place (how techinal I am). This scene was amazing-- touching, believable, I even teared up. The actors performed so brilliantly in this one scene that the rest of the movie wasn't up to snuff. The writing for the rest of the entire movie was just bad. I understand that they're gangstas or whatever, but even gangstas use human speech every once in a while.
I feel like the movie is full of extremely talented actors and actresses, but the script and characters they were presented with were just unwatchable.
Wild Iris (2001)
It was good but had no point
This movie was good but lacked actual substance. The climax, if you can even find one, the only one I could find we didn't see, wasn't all that exciting. To be honest, I only finished it because I started it. The performances were great. Emile Hirsch was subtly true to the loner character. Laura Linney was amazing, as her character was always a little bit drunk. Gena Rowlands was good as the condescending mother. The cast shone but I'm afraid the efforts were wasted on a plot that was predictable and boring. There were no surprises in it for me or any other viewer. The characters were believable. Everything was very simple, but a good simple, not a minimalist simple.