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Movie Reviews of Highway
Movie Review: Rocks.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie to watch with your friends. It's hilarious, especially when they visit Skaully's house and Skaully bugs out.. so so funny. Gyllenhal and Leto have a very natural chemistry together. Aside from the foggy story line, it is very true to life. I could picture my friends and I enjoying a road trip much like this one. Definitely invest in this DVD or VHS!Movie Review: very goofy drug taking acting !!
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie is like fear and loathing in las vegas , tripping out on a road trip to now where. i turn the sound off and put my favorate trance cd in. i it makes me laugh everytime ...thier acting is soo goofy....my favorite movie to watch to music.Movie Review: On the Plus Side
Summary: 4 Stars
As with most movies, viewers will be on both sides of the fence. This movie is no exception. A number of people simply didn't like it. I, however, am on the other side. There are any number of road flicks out there and I've seen my share, but this was one of the better ones in my book.
What makes this work for me are the characters. Yes. The John McGinley character is over the top and the Jeremy Piven character is WAYYYYYY over the top but they have really good scenes. The kind of scenes you rarely get in movies.
The story is pretty basic. Jared and Jake are buds since forever. Jared gets caught with his woowoo in a bad guy's wife's honey pot and the 2 are on the run to Seattle so Jared doesn't get his feet busted.
These are interesting people. They all have their stories and there is a whole homosexual underpinning between the two. They aren't necessarily good people and you probably won't want to sit and have a beer with them but you do find yourself liking them in spite of their trashiness. Maybe it's because they really aren't bad people and not particularly given to violence. They're just lost.
The performances and the writing bring this to a the upper, upper levels of viewing enjoyment. Everyone does a fine job. The directing, production design, music etc., etc., etc. are all pro level. The pace is so even you can practically set your watch to it. And it doesn't run on too long. It knows when to end. And like too many Hollywood movies this does not have a happy ending. Jake's fantasy explodes and the cavalry doesn't show up in the nick of time. But there's hope.
If you at all like these kinds of movies and left of center type characters. See this movie. I doubt you'll be disappointed.
Movie Review: State Of Mind, Kids
Summary: 4 Stars
This is what I call a "state of mind" movie because it's not a movie that has to make sense to be enjoyed. It's about some people doing some stuff that happens to be funny. And while that may sound stupid it makes for an entertaining movie because well, state of mind!! Think what the characters might be thinking to do what they do and say.
"Desmond the Alligator Boy is a major happener", who the heck can say something like that? Well, Pilot!
I'm anti drugs so this movie assures me that using drugs is senseless and I don't need to have that in my life in order to be happy. But Pilot (Jake Gyllenhaal) is high a lot so what he does/thinks/says is influenced by 'the influence'. *wink*
More importantly, movies like this make me miss my friends if they're not around. And if they ARE around you'll laugh at the movie's jokes and start remembering your own inside jokes and your own stories because it is what it's all about.
If you videotaped at least 72 hours of your life with your friends it would look a lot like "Highway" sans the drugs (or maybe with, lol).
And if all else fails, it's just a movie.
Movie Review: Highway is More Than Meets the Eye
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was a surprise. Expecting a naive and surface-only journey into the drug culture of today, it went into the dark crevices of the human heart and yet, maintained a sense of humor, regardless of the subject matter. Jake Gyllenhaal proved once again that his selection of diverse movie roles sets him apart from all other of the new actors, this role of Pilot not being an exception to the rule. Jake, like Brando, Nicholson and Penn, has again made a wise choice displaying his intensity and moodiness that is so appealing in diversification. He has not even gotten close to showing his full potential, but I imagine it will blossom further and to the delight of hard core performance seekers like me. I recommend this movie on many levels. It's a broad spectrum of film genre from a road movie, to a comedic tapestry, to a character study, to the ultimate end, a satisfying ending. I recommend this movie to those who are looking for more than a laugh and a tear. This is for us who are starving for solid performances and intellect, and the ever-medicated value of laughter. Well done.