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Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Director: John Maclean
Writer: John Maclean
Cast:
Michael Fassbender
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Ben Mendelsohn
Jeffrey Thomas
Brooke Williams
Kalani Queypo

Plot:
'Slow West' follows a 17-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas (Fassbender).

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I dig westerns, so I'll check this out.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

First released image

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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

looks good

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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

Ben Mendelsohn is in everything these days.

Also neat to see the actor who plays The Hound in another role.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

Can't wait for him and John Hawkes to do a movie together.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

Kodi Smit-Mcfee is getting kind of goofy looking and gangly as he hits puberty. It's only a matter of time before he gets cast along side Jay Baruchel as brothers.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

This playing on DirecTV right now, a full month before theaters. It costs $12.99 to watch it.

May take the plunge because Fassbender is in it and reviews are pretty good.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

Not really digging the cinematography in this one from the trailer.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

Just not jiving with it or what? Doesn't have anything ugly. Interesting composition in some of those shots.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

This gets released on Friday in theaters and on demand (just like Maggie and Welcome to Me last week, I like this trend).

Reviews are trickling in: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/slow_west_2015/

17 reviews, 94%, 7.6/10 avg score.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2014

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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

That's the second time I've seen the June 26th release date, but it's still scheduled for Limited and VoD starting tomorrow.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Originally Posted by RichC2
That's the second time I've seen the June 26th release date, but it's still scheduled for Limited and VoD starting tomorrow.
It's been on VOD on DirectV for more than a month now. Almost watched it back in mid-April.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Somewhat favorable New York Times review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/mo...ef=todayspaper

...although this opening paragraph gives me pause:
The surreal frontier fable “Slow West,” written and directed by John Maclean (“Man on a Motorcycle”), is an absurdist deconstruction of classic Hollywood westerns whose 21st-century view of frontier mythology is as sardonic as that of the Coen brothers.
God save us from "absurdist deconstructions."

I saw the trailer for this yesterday and it reminds me too much of all those hippie westerns of the early 1970s. But I want to give it a chance because of Fassbender.

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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Originally Posted by Throwing Copper
It's been on VOD on DirectV for more than a month now. Almost watched it back in mid-April.
Ah cool, thought something like that had happened.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Watched it tonight. Liked it quite a bit, especially the cinematography and score. It's a very simple story without a lot of dialogue and has a decent amount of dark humor to it. Worth checking out for sure.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Free w/ Prime on Amazon Instant Video...

Not that it matters but it's nice to see that they decided to use a NON McPhee mentally challenged tyope of image on there.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Originally Posted by Osiris3657
Watched it tonight. Liked it quite a bit, especially the cinematography and score. It's a very simple story without a lot of dialogue and has a decent amount of dark humor to it. Worth checking out for sure.
Yeah, I didn't love it, but it's worth watching.
The
Spoiler:
jar of salt getting shot and spilling all over his wound made me laugh out loud. Not a very subtle image.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Rented the blu ray version and was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it was. Beautiful cinematography with a nice musical score, some top-notch acting, and a running time of 84 minutes. (I would have welcomed a longer film with the characters, but came away satisfied with its brief running time.) It has a nice build to the climax which I found to be rewarding. A nice small independent movie which trumps many of the overblown concoctions put out by the major studios these days.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Saw it last night. Fantastic film and the best I've seen so far this year.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Just got this from Netflix, probably watch it in the weekend.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Damn. Watched it just now. Damn good film. Doesn't play out like the genre would make you expect. I'm fine and dandy w/ genre but the way this made it feel original by doing things NOT expected from it as well was very fresh. Solid flick. I'll get the BD someday. Mentally challenged McPhee image or not.

Aside from its nature to this or that, it felt very real in how it went against the grain. Unpredictability of it all. I like westerns and many genres but you go against the grain and make it work? It's worth it just for the narrative alone.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Watched this tonight and it was pretty good. Surreal as shit, too.

As for the ending, although it was foreshadowed earlier
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Jay was a chump and had been friend zoned. Hell, she even shot him and didn't blink twice. Looks like Fassbender ended up with a new family as well with the two blonde kids and the girl Jay like.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Saw this last night and really liked it. I thought it was well done, and not a typical western.
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Re: Slow West -- D: Maclean S: Fassbender, Smit-McPhee -- 2015

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
As for the ending, although it was foreshadowed earlier
Spoiler:
Jay was a chump and had been friend zoned. Hell, she even shot him and didn't blink twice. Looks like Fassbender ended up with a new family as well with the two blonde kids and the girl Jay like.
Yup, what a p-e-n-d-e-j-o.

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