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Meeting Joe takes a while, but it's worth It
by Jason T (movies profile)
Feb 17, 2007
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1998 was a year of the elegant movies, and "Meet Joe Black" is at the top of the list. The first three hour movie that isn't a period piece or war movie. The first movie in which a rich millionare isn't greedy or selfish, but actually respected and loved. The first movie in which sappy dialogue isn't too off the ground and we can sit back and enjoy the performances. Of all the principal players, Anthony Hopkins comes off best. Playing a 65 year-old company investor who is visited by Death (Brad Pitt) and given more time in exchange for allowing Death to see what life is actually like. Strange, since you would think Death would know these things already. And then there's the business with Hopkin's youngest daughter, who meets Pitt in a coffee shop and then he's killed by a car, in the movie's best sequence. Death takes over the character's body, and so he has no idea what she is talking about when he soon meets her at her father's house.
"Meet Joe Black" has a weakness. That weakness is the timing. My lord, what a long movie. I am someone who can tolerate long films, but most people will think this one is boring. Mainly because aside the accident in the beggening, there is no action or violence. There is no comedic moments or even any outlashings. It's a elegant movie for upper-class people mostly. You come to watch conversations and think about life. |
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