Slow West (2015)
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Time: 1h 24mins
Director: John Maclean
Quick Summary: A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.
Honestly, I don't remember much about the plot but I do remember just enjoying this as an experience.
Following suit with the title, this is admittedly pretty slow but that doesn't mean it was boring at all. In fact, it's full of action and fun moments.
This was visually stunning as they used a lot of cool camera tricks to make the Frontier look like colourful artwork and I was glued to watching the scenery as it was so pretty. There was one cool scene where a Native Person was hiding in the trees and they blended in so well I completely missed them. Admittedly, though it was pretty, it felt very empty a lot of the time.
The humour probably won't mesh with everyone as it's very dry, which I happen to love, or some of the jokes might just be completely missed. There are a lot of funny moments that really hold this film up and stop it from being boring. A series of misfortunate events happen to the pair we follow that actually do line up right at the end.
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Micheal Fassbender and Kodi Snit-McPhee are brilliant together. Fassbender plays the typical nomad and is almost like a dad to the kid, but Smit-McPhee plays a fish out of water. He truly does not belong in the West and the movie shows us multiple times where he is flat-out helpless. This really amplifies the humour in some of the scenes as they stumble around trying to work together.
I didn't really like the romance side of the plot, as I found it pretty boring and drew attention away from everything else. Although, if it wasn't there, there would be no plot to the film.
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