I just came out of this one and I think I'm in love. Before I write about the film, let me say that I went into this film with no expectations. I didn't know if it'd be funny or weird or mainstream or uncomfortable. As a fan of Harmony Korine, I know what he is and is capable of, I know he's a joker, but I know he's also a unique person who follows his vision to its end, whatever it may be, but you can never tell if you're going to get something you'll like. He gives you images and leaves you with thoughts. You don't have to think too much during his movies — he doesn't much either, so I doubt it having much subtext — but that doesn't mean there isn't something worth talking about when they're over. You may feel it's a little, or it may feel like a little, but if you can appreciate what he's trying to depict, there will always be life to talk about once a film of his concludes.
When I said you don't have to think much during the films of Harmony Korine, that is not to say you should not think about them afterward. If you've shown given him your time and patience and watch the film to its ultimate conclusion, I doubt anyone can say they didn't like or take something away from it. James Franco's performance seems pretty revered – I would call it amazing. Some sequences will stick with you — Korine himself says he doesn't really remember the plots of all the movies he's loved, instead sequences or scenes — like Britney Spears' "Everytime". Okay, I was in a theater of five — three of them left, one of them during that segment. But if you sit through it all you're certainly not going to forget it! And if you leave, well, you're certainly not going to forget it, but you will resent it for the time and money it took, but that's silly, don't resent that stuff. Just enjoy the movie you see.
The film could be divided into halves – the first being the prelude to Spring Break and Spring Break and the second with James Franco. During the film, and it's awful to think like this during movies because it only distracts you from the movie, I thought to myself "The direction is kind of shapeless, the juxtapositions could be sharper, but it does have edge and the repetition is effective, it's vivid and it's making me sick," in a good way. That could be how I could summarize the film for someone, if they wanted, but the direction finds itself in the end. Otherwise those words can be my basis of thought for this movie, which is an otherwise unique movie-going experience.
As I write and think more about the film (I just got back) its nonstop audio/visual indulgence is so effective. Spring Breakers is a film that is very telling for this generation, if a little insane with its concept. "Just do it like a video game :: This is paradise :: Spring break forever ya'll" things people today feel like. And of course, the repetition is done to unforgettable effect, but especially the line "You're scared, aren't ya? Scaredy cat" toward the end. Mmm this is good cinema.
I guess what I wrote was too long to be put here, but I thought James Franco was simply amazing in his role and go into further detail about that here: https://forizzer69.wordpress.com/
Boy was he amazing.
When I said you don't have to think much during the films of Harmony Korine, that is not to say you should not think about them afterward. If you've shown given him your time and patience and watch the film to its ultimate conclusion, I doubt anyone can say they didn't like or take something away from it. James Franco's performance seems pretty revered – I would call it amazing. Some sequences will stick with you — Korine himself says he doesn't really remember the plots of all the movies he's loved, instead sequences or scenes — like Britney Spears' "Everytime". Okay, I was in a theater of five — three of them left, one of them during that segment. But if you sit through it all you're certainly not going to forget it! And if you leave, well, you're certainly not going to forget it, but you will resent it for the time and money it took, but that's silly, don't resent that stuff. Just enjoy the movie you see.
The film could be divided into halves – the first being the prelude to Spring Break and Spring Break and the second with James Franco. During the film, and it's awful to think like this during movies because it only distracts you from the movie, I thought to myself "The direction is kind of shapeless, the juxtapositions could be sharper, but it does have edge and the repetition is effective, it's vivid and it's making me sick," in a good way. That could be how I could summarize the film for someone, if they wanted, but the direction finds itself in the end. Otherwise those words can be my basis of thought for this movie, which is an otherwise unique movie-going experience.
As I write and think more about the film (I just got back) its nonstop audio/visual indulgence is so effective. Spring Breakers is a film that is very telling for this generation, if a little insane with its concept. "Just do it like a video game :: This is paradise :: Spring break forever ya'll" things people today feel like. And of course, the repetition is done to unforgettable effect, but especially the line "You're scared, aren't ya? Scaredy cat" toward the end. Mmm this is good cinema.
I guess what I wrote was too long to be put here, but I thought James Franco was simply amazing in his role and go into further detail about that here: https://forizzer69.wordpress.com/
Boy was he amazing.