SLOW WEST REVIEW...
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Hey Lovelies,
As a huge fan of Michael Fassbender and not because I think
he is good looking but because of the way he captures an audience in, I was
very excited to capture the critically acclaimed ‘Slow West’ after hearing so
much about it from the Sundance Film Festival. And I was not disappointment!
The first feature film from John M. Maclean, the film
follows a coming of age plot, which I was not expecting but really enjoyed for
a western film. It follows 16-year-old Jay Cavendish, as she searches for the
girl he has fallen in love with and is unexpectedly joined on his journey by
Silas, a traveller who is a lot of fun but also highly dangerous as he is being
chased by an Outlaw.
For a plot the film had a lot of elements to it that would
attract audiences of all ages into the western genre based film. Normally the
genre redevelops old ideas, but this one touched on new ones and brought in
ideas for modern audiences that will attract them to watch it again and again.
The casting within the film also knew how to convey these messages on the big
screen in an affective and fun way that conveyed old school cowboy figures,
with a twist. A fun twist!
While some modern westerns have followed a dark pattern, the
coming of age element that runs continuously throughout this film, makes it a
light film to follow and I can see it becoming a huge cult film that audiences
will flock to love and appreciate around the world.
Most of the beauty though as I have said before comes from
the casting within the film. There is a really nice feel to the film, as Silas
and Jay travel around the country and that is through the way in which they
bounce off each over. While there are parallels in Fassbender to the early
Clint Eastwood films, he has a really nice feel to him in the film as the fun
protector of the young man.
His character begins as a fun figure but becomes the father
figure that the film lacks, however he doesn’t do it in a cringe worthy way in
which other films would touch on doing so, as the script continues to unravel
their friendship in a nice straight forward fun way that doesn’t become to
predictable.
Jay is a brilliant character, but he would be nothing in
this film without Silas and the men chasing him. His first love storyline is a
nice way to start the film, but by the end of it, it is his relationship with
Silas that makes it an enjoyable watch. You can see them becoming the same
person and the way in which the director has captured this is going to
encourage audiences to watch it even more.
As a whole the director has made a smart, modern western
that will appeal to all audiences and will become a cult classic. It has a lot
of action packed moments that will remind western fans of films that have come
and gone, as does some of the acting within the film, but it has a new 21st
century feel to it, that will make audiences want to watch it again and again.
The director has written a script that not only hits the spot with the genres
lovers, but with those who may not have been attracted to it before.
It is a new feature that will inspire so many more
filmmakers to take a look at the genres of their films and change the way in
which they are being focused on and hopefully make them better. The director
here has done something that many haven’t in a long time and that it reinvent
the western genre with a creative and fun tone, that audiences all over the
world will notice and enjoy (I hope!).
Therefore there is nothing slow about this film, as it has
earned this…
5 Stars
Blog Soon,
Joey X
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