Meet Joe Black

Submitted by cherryblossombaby2 t3_124jgwx in movies

I’m a huge Brad Pitt fan/groupie/what have you, I’ve heard about Meet Joe Black obviously but it never really piqued my interest to watch. It’s on Netflix where I live so I thought I would give it a go, Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt!? What could go wrong? Everything. Everything is wrong with this movie. It’s hot garbage. I made it halfway through and realized, why am I watching this? I literally don’t care about a single character. It’s 3 hours long, with an infuriating amount of excessive dialogue and the slowest weird pacing I’ve ever experienced. The bad dye job they gave BP, the lackluster supporting cast and omg the actress who played the daughter had no dimension other than being absolutely beautiful but what is her personality supposed to be?? The scene in the hospital with the Jamaican woman where Brad Pitt does her accent back?? Wtf. Anthony Hopkins is good and so is the scene of BP getting double hit by cars in traffic but other than that I could find zero redeeming in this movie. One of the worst I have ever seen, wondering if you guys feel similarly? Are there any Joe Black fans to come to it’s defense!?

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Sheffieldsvc t1_jdzm2v5 wrote

One of my favorite films. I enjoyed the pace of the film. Nothing was rushed and it let me get into Anthony Hopkins mind and feel his sense of impending death. What his life's work was actually worth when all is said and done, and how that weighs out against his relationship with family. The evolution of everyone trying to figure out what was going on as the story unfolds around them. It seems like too many movies have to have chaos and carnage and it's nice to see one take the time to tell a story worth telling, and do so in a thoughtful and deliberate way.

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Intelligent_Fish_541 t1_jdzmgvu wrote

To me the movie indulges in the perspective of death, which is a combination of serenity, curiosity, intrigue and finally strong emotions. While death's perspective changes, his entire personality does not which makes the slow pacing consistent to me. Could it have been made better? Yes, but I enjoyed it.

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ChosephineYap t1_jdzsxrt wrote

I’m here to rescue you, OP! Also hate the film. I hate it so much that I’ve scrubbed it from my brain; I remember little of it so I can’t even explain why I hate it. Thankfully, I caught it on Amazon so technically I didn’t waste any money on it - just my time.

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filing69 t1_jdzvbnb wrote

Mm i guess you are the type of adam sandler movies

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EggheadWill t1_jdzz5wm wrote

Yes, it wasn't a very good movie at all. At least it gave us that ridiculous hit by cars scene.

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Fre3Monk t1_je0d8vt wrote

Everyone has a taste in movies, and not everyone agrees.

I recently rewatched this a few months back, and I still think it’s a fantastic movie.

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Necessary_Range_3261 t1_je12yuh wrote

Here's my deep deep insight... I liked it. I think Clair Forlani is stunning, and I'm surprised I don't see her more often. Marcia Gay Harden and Jeffrey Tambor... great!

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Mindless_Bad_1591 t1_je1bzdg wrote

I just remember Claire Forlani being incredibly hot on this movie.

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Twigling t1_je45k41 wrote

Love it, one of my favorites. My only gripe is with the character of 'Drew' - he's such a badly written, very shallow 'bad guy'. Poorly acted too. Other than that I have no complaints about the movie.

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