The Descendants
I have absolutely no idea why the film seems to be so acclaimed. Sure, it’s all artsy and stuff, but its characters are either boring or annoyingly self-indulgent. We have the man whose pride is hurt by the fact that his estranged wife ended up falling in love with someone else, his deliquent daughters who, for some reason, show absolutely no sign of deliquency after it’s been established after the first 15 minutes, a bunch of relatives who are ultimately faceless and irrelevant and finally the other man who has no backbone whatsoever. If anything, I cared about the daughters but they are basically just props to help their father. For most of the time, they are just being nice and supportive of this father who can’t get his act together. I am touched to see that the mother’s death brought the family closer together by the end of the film, but the father has absolutely no merit in achieving that, and that pisses me off.
For what it’s worth, all the actors in the film are doing very well. I especially liked Alex’s actress who looked fabulous in the film. I hope she makes it to more good movies.
PS. In case you are wondering about the subject of the film – somehow the film gave off a vibe of rich people with pools having nothing to do, and a generally pointless idleness. Nope, Hawaii is not the place for me.