Let me start by saying that when I saw the preview for Spring Breakers I was
intrigued, I genuinely wanted to see the movie. Before seeing the movie I read
some reviews… total bloodbath; everyone absolutely despised the film. I think I
read one positive review out of the whole bunch. So I thought I would throw in
my two sense and set the record straight. Firstly, I liked the movie. Would I
have changed a few things, sure but this movie caught me totally off guard. It
was not at all what I was expecting which is why I would encourage anyone to
see it. The way this movie was made ventures outside of the cookie cutter
mainstream Hollywood film that we have all been inundated with. The title is
somewhat misleading; this is not a film intended for the MTV crowd despite the
title (there should have been a disclaimer at the start of the film).
The movie is basically about a group of girls who go do the whole spring
break party adventure thing when things take an abrupt turn and they end up
being introduced to the underbelly of St. Pete's Beach, Florida where James
Franco acts as tour guide. The girls 'get more than they bargained for' as it
is often put. The biggest complaints, and compliments for that matter, of the
movie that I read focused around the egregious amount of T&A. In this sense
the title is not at all misleading; it's a film entitled Spring Breakers,
what did you expect? If you actually paid attention to the movie you hardly
notice the T&A. The flagrant display of female nudity I saw as more of a
side note if anything, only added to get the attention of teenage dudes. That
being said, aside from Gucci Mane (why do movie makers continue to use rappers
as actors when clearly they can’t act? I didn’t know it was Gucci Mane as I was
watching the movie but I kept thinking this dude is terrible he must be a
rapper, and low and behold. off the top of my head Mos Def is the only serious
rapper I can think of who can actually act), the acting was great. I don’t know
who any of those girls were but they held their own. However, James Franco
carried this movie. No Franco, no movie. You actually forget you are watching
James Franco (I know this sounds silly but see the movie and you will see what
I’m talking about) until the credits roll and you’re like ‘oh yea, that was
James Franco’. Some of the reviews I read bashed on Franco for taking this roll
but I applaud him. It’s not a roll you would except to see him in and I think
that’s part of the reason he chose to play it. It was a challenge and he
knocked it out of the park. Franco got range. Overall the makers of this movie
took a chance in making it. I don’t know if it paid off or not, monetarily
wise, but if you want to see something outside of the Hollywood slop box, you
should check it out. Peaces and Creases
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