I think the nicest thing about this movie is the way it makes so much of a movie out of such a simple premise. When it comes down to it, there isn't very much plot at all to this movie. Mostly what we get are well-developed character vignettes that revolve around a central story element.
I like the fact that it's non-chronological, even though it's not handled in such an interesting way as "Memento." I like the way the story is told from differing perspectives, but I wouldn't compare it to the eloquence of "Rashomon."
Of all the cute lines in the movie, I think the best single line in the script was Hobie's reference to the "bloodbath of sour grapes." There was some poignancy in that turn of phrase, and what it meant to not only his motivation, but most of the central characters, and perhaps the entire generation.
Or not.
I like the fact that it's non-chronological, even though it's not handled in such an interesting way as "Memento." I like the way the story is told from differing perspectives, but I wouldn't compare it to the eloquence of "Rashomon."
Of all the cute lines in the movie, I think the best single line in the script was Hobie's reference to the "bloodbath of sour grapes." There was some poignancy in that turn of phrase, and what it meant to not only his motivation, but most of the central characters, and perhaps the entire generation.
Or not.