tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post5186424649264631246..comments2024-03-08T04:06:20.301-05:00Comments on TrustMovies: Lucas & Hamm star in Anders Anderson's moving missing-child movie, STOLENTrustMovieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01130460547029155342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post-19610387850876284062013-12-17T10:34:18.309-05:002013-12-17T10:34:18.309-05:00True -- they could have done that. But white filmm...True -- they could have done that. But white filmmakers often don't think about making their stories more racially inclusive. This is slowly changing, fortunately.<br /><br />As to the banality of evil: Speaking of cartoons and cliches, that one is getting a little too well-worn. If Hannah Arendt could only see how her words have been tossed around, she might have thought twice about using that phrase.TrustMovieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130460547029155342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post-67363436295461363892013-12-17T00:48:50.795-05:002013-12-17T00:48:50.795-05:00It would have been more moving to make the earlier...It would have been more moving to make the earlier father black or Latino. The bad guy stuff should have stressed the banality of evil.Ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001093546770141462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post-21252240823925542222013-12-16T23:55:47.077-05:002013-12-16T23:55:47.077-05:00Thanks for posting, Ricardo. Hard to believe that ...Thanks for posting, Ricardo. Hard to believe that mine is the ONLY positive review of this film? Whew! Well, I calls 'em like I sees 'em. <br /><br />The villain here is certainly no more cartoonish than the one in the much-praised No Country for Old Men. Much less so, in fact (but the actor who plays him does not possess Javier Bardem's range and smarts. As to Hamm and Lucas being too similar -- no way. You would never mistake one for the other. Their facial features could not be more different, despite their being Caucasian, handsome and sporting dark hair. <br /><br />I agree that the execution could be better (this was the filmmaker's first outing, I believe), but it's really not bad at all, considering.TrustMovieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130460547029155342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481549185308465110.post-76339089850832386432013-12-16T23:17:31.839-05:002013-12-16T23:17:31.839-05:00Yours is virtually the only positive review of thi...Yours is virtually the only positive review of this film I came upon. It motivated me to see this movie because the premise sounded intriguing. Unfortunately, the execution does not to it justice. The cartoonish villain, in particular, turns the movie into silly melodrama. Also, Hamm and Lucas are way too similar as types (Caucasian, black hair, handsome), so what is meant to be inter-historical compassion winds up coming off as narcissism. Ricardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001093546770141462noreply@blogger.com