Road to Nowheresville

Rating: 3/10 (26 June 2008)

I'm not big on going to internet websites and discussing pros and cons of movies that I have seen. That being said I just couldn't believe that this movie could generate so much hype and accolades from the artistic community and yet, at the same time end up being so aimless. The strange thing is, my attention was held pretty well throughout the majority of the movie because I just felt that something really good was going to happen......eventually.............something..........anything? The final scene comes and DDL (after giving a typically fine acting performance throughout) unleashes some pretty good stuff about milkshakes but then freaks out and bashes the dude's head with a bowling pin. Roll credits. WTF is that? To say that it was a letdown would be a little insulting to the words "let" and "down".
There were too many things that happened that really made no sense and were not explained as to why they were relevant. I even went back and watched the scene again where he figures out that the guy was not his brother and I am still having a really hard time what clued him in on the beach. I imagine it had something to do with going to peach tree dances but that means nothing to me. How also, does the old man know that he killed the dude? Anyway, my overriding thought after the movie finally ended was that I didn't get it. I didn't get what the point of the film was supposed to be. There was no story except to show this guy was a ruthless and greedy A-hole. I definitely would have preferred to have seen a better wrap up than what we got.