Product: Last Days (2 Disc Special Edition)
Rating: 3.0
I'd like to read thoughts, not complaints towards that PJ guy
Last I saw, this is a review page for a movie, not attacking one person's opinion you will never change regardless of how much you counterattack his "argument." So shut up and accept the fact that not everyone likes Nirvana.Gus Van Sant's "Last Days" generated a mixed feeling in this reviewer's eyes.Let's start with the good. I liked how Blake's death is shown as a slow process, finally ending with his death. He doesn't go out in a blast as does many other deaths depicted in movies do. Not all suicides or ODs go out in a blast. There are no police or people there to talk to the suicidal person. It is just him, and him alone. No witnesses... just like Cobain's suicide.His anti-social, or total detachment from the real world, is perhaps depicted the best in this movie. Other movies show this type of behavior, too, but there's always outside noise and distractions present, possibly to keep the audience comfortable. The movie centers around Blake's own world... the way the world of a recluse is. I know this from personal experience. A quiet person makes people uncomfortable... Blake is the silent person, and we the audience therefore feel discomfort (which is most likely due to the fact that the camera following him around is boring, but isn't it just the same as hanging out with a really quiet person?). Gus Van Sant captured this behavior and feeling pitch-perfect.Now for the dislikes: everything else. No characters with much personality and hardly any significance to the non-existant plot. Blake's mumbling becomes tiresome (must we endure that for 90+ minutes?). The briefly mentioned fact of no plot. And yes, it is a tedioum to sit through, and its 90+ minutes feels like an eternity.Yes, this is "loosely based on Kurt Cobain"... but Gus doesn't seem to know what that really means. C'mon... Blake wears the exact same outfits Kurt wore in his lifetime... even a woman's dress! Blake also has the exact same hairdo Kurt donned... and coincidentally enough, sings just like Kurt.The song Blake sings isn't until the movie is nearly over... and I think everything the movie is about lies in that song. Sure, before we see people wanting to seek some benefit from Blake (maybe contributing to his depression), and Kim Gordon's cameo tells us that at least one person cares for Blake, but they're so unclear due to Blake's mumbling.We don't really know what made Blake this way, nor do we know how he exactly dies (complete with his soul climbing into heaven)... all that matters is that we see how Blake is during his last days on Earth. Like what Richard Roeper said, perhaps Blake's first 27 years are more interesting than his last three days.Plus, what's with the gay sex scene? No, I'm not homophobic, but... why show it at all?Most people will loathe this movie... only about 10 people will love it. Some subtle parts are good, kinda funny at times, but overall, everything else sucks.The DVD sucks, too. Basically bare bones with a behind-the-scenes featurette that'll put you to sleep faster than the movie itself. Haven't seen the deleted scene(s), but I assume they too suck.