This film is so beautifully written. My first watch was from flipping through the channels on TV. For no reason at all it seemed, I stopped on a black & white picture and started to watch a little Hispanic boy with a bull hanging out in the countryside. It's so completely different from anything I'd normally choose, that I wonder what kept my attention. This was before streaming, but long after black & white films were no longer commonly made. To choose a black & white movie in the late 80's was just weird. But I'm really glad I kept it on. It is a truly magical film.
I'd like to think I'm a stoic viewer. Only three films ever made me cry. As a reference to this, when I was young, I didn't cry from E. T. or the Transformers movie like everyone I knew. I did cry at the end of the Color Purple though. This film the Brave One made me cry more. I don't say that lightly. The writing took a bazooka to my emotions and blasted me. Even today, I get choked up thinking about it.
While I'm barely able to hold back my tears at the end of the Color Purple (it's not easy), I can't help but cry at the end of this one. It's solely because of the writing. Dalton Trumbo takes you to the brink, and at the moment when you release your feelings and take a breath of relief, he drives a bulldozer over your heart. It's the most amazing piece of writing I've ever seen.
I dare you not to cry at the end.
I'd like to think I'm a stoic viewer. Only three films ever made me cry. As a reference to this, when I was young, I didn't cry from E. T. or the Transformers movie like everyone I knew. I did cry at the end of the Color Purple though. This film the Brave One made me cry more. I don't say that lightly. The writing took a bazooka to my emotions and blasted me. Even today, I get choked up thinking about it.
While I'm barely able to hold back my tears at the end of the Color Purple (it's not easy), I can't help but cry at the end of this one. It's solely because of the writing. Dalton Trumbo takes you to the brink, and at the moment when you release your feelings and take a breath of relief, he drives a bulldozer over your heart. It's the most amazing piece of writing I've ever seen.
I dare you not to cry at the end.