Runtime: 141 min Language: English Subtitles: English Frame Rate: 29.9 fps Video Bitrate: 5422 Kb/sec Audio Bitrate: 320 kbps |
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Year: 2014 Genre: Drama Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga Director: David Dobkin |
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Review: Needing a break from software development, Ebola, and Kickstarter: I went to see the movie The Judge and left not sure whether I liked it or not.Reflecting on that, this is what I think happened:Many of use are familiar with changing something we are accustomed to, a healthier alternative, but change isnt easy. Such as going from using sugar in our coffee to drinking it black. It just takes time to adjust.Hollywood has routinely portrayed and romanticized the anti-hero. Weve grown used to this fare. However, the anti-hero story is always rendered in a flash of time. The arrogance, drug use, womanizing, what-have-you always looks glamorous and fun. Realistically, if these behaviors were shown over a larger time-span, the results wouldnt be nearly as pleasant.The Judge stars Robert Downey Jr, playing Hank Palmer, a prototypical anti-hero, a role Downey plays so well. However, it shows him over the course of growing up as a child into mid-life. The behavior that weve grown to like when depicted over a week or a month, is suddenly less appealing.It is realistic and healthy though. This is probably the most moral movie to have come out of Hollywood in years. A healthy change that will take some getting used to. |