Marval Movie

I cant help but wonder what kind of highs and lows Richard Linklater and his crew went through while working on Boyhood. The script would be easy enough to shoot but it is the madness and the dedication required for the production that is truly the awe-inspiring element to the movie. 

We follow a boy named Mason (Ellar Coltrane) a boy like any other, he likes to stare at the clouds and out the window and just wonder. He, his mother (Patrisha Arquette) and sister (Lorelie Linklater) live out their life in relative comfort, but there are always those complications that has them move or readjust everything. Every other weekend he and his sister get visited by his father (Ethan Hawke) he's a pretty cool, fun guy but only really there for the fun times.

The movie solely, completely exists in the now. Whenever there is a scene it is always about what is happening to these characters now and what is popular to them in the time it was filmed. Hardly are there ever talks about what was or what will be. The characters talk about what they are doing or are interested in now.

The most incredible thing is that these characters are really aging because obviously the actors are. Never can I say I have really seen that in a movie, or simply never has a director been willing to bring a project to life like this.

The movie is filled with a lot of classic Linklater moments and dialog. There are some inconsequential characters that walk by and simply say something memorable, and some unique obrolan that you know only link later could have written that or at least phrased it in that way. Do they all come back for some great reason? No, they are just the odd memorable moments that make-up life.

I have to admit that when it was getting close to the end I was becoming increasingly aware of the time. It seemed like the current scene was a good point to end on, then nope! Another scene stats playing out. But still, being that the movie is well over two hours long and its only the last few minutes that you start to think its getting a little slow, that's fine. Plus it took Linklater over twelve years to make the movie, he can make it long if he wants.

It took time and patients from everyone involved in the movie and it payed off. I look forward the the sequel Manhood.

Rating: 4 stars out of 4