Movie # 1075 "Youth" was not a good film. It was truly an indie film that was going no where, slowly, which isn't bad if it were going somewhere at all, but this doesn't really. It was like "Birdman" in how esoteric some of the shots and whole scenes were, but at least Birdman seemed to have reasons to move from one scene to the other, whereas this one didn't. Dave and I would be watching and there would be a scene where Michael Caine goes into an elevator and there's some woman with a black widow outfit on in this strange hotel, and she never would be mentioned or shown again. Now, there were some things that were entertaining....like the betting the guys do about this one couple that comes to dinner every night, sits at the same table, and they never say anything. Because of the title, we do know that there is much trying to be said about how we lose our youth when not even noticing, and go into an old age area that we become youths again in our naivete and ignorance. The film has many many shots of old people (some clothed, and some not) just stagnating in pools, at dining tables, in their rooms --- the film has a definite style, but I didn't care for it. I once got a critique sheet on one of my speech kids that read: Tries to be stylish and fails. I didn't know how it pertained to my student's performance, but I think it is useful to describe this particular film. I didn't give it a 1 or 2 because I got some of the themes and reason for many of the scenes, and I liked watching Caine and Keitel together. And I liked how Caine (a retired musical conductor) would have moments where he would put sounds together and pretend he was conducting music again -- esp. the one in the cow field, with the cow bells! I also enjoyed watching Paul Dano who plays a Johnny Depp kind of character who is watching Caine and the others at the hotel --- I enjoyed watching him watch people for his character work. So there is some good stuff here, but most of it is hard to appreciate because the style gets in the way.
Youth
2015Rated R
On vacation in the Alps, two friends on the verge of turning 80 look to each other for support as both rush to face potentially momentous career landmarks, realizing that time is no longer on their side.
Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel play the two friends. Jane Fonda is in this, too. Director Paolo Sorrentino (I don't want to see any more of his work)
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