Too much of everything

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

A Disappointing Continuation

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

I am not a big poetry fan, but this movie is really well portrayed. Adam Driver excellently gives us a view of who exactly this Paterson caracter is. The movie has this kind of groundhog vibe, without repeating scenes or actions.

I am not sure if it is because I appreciate Jim Jarmusch's style or it's because this film is something else, but I absolutely loved it. Throughout the film, I had frisson down the back of my neck. This film made me realize how much I love poetry. I had never realized that I liked poetry, on the contrary, I thought I hated poetry. When the film ended I ran to get my poetry books out and read some of them out loud to myself. This is what cinema is about. It doesn't matter if you like a film or not. If a film makes you feel anything at all, to see from different perspectives and immerse yourself in an imaginary visual and temporal experience that you know it's an illusion from the beginning then the job's done. Jarmusch also always shows how the appreciation of insignificance becomes a soothing state almost like a stoic. I love the feeling of "afterglow" of some films. This film has it. The "afterglow" of every day, ironic, poetic existence.

If there is an inkling of an artist in you, you will love this movie. If there is kernel of humanity in you, you will treasure it forever. Every word and every screenshot is beautiful, as true beauty is, full of complexity and foreboding and layers of meaning. Jim Jarmusch has created a masterpiece that is likely to go unacknowledged in our noisy world. Adam Driver is among the best actors of our time. He perhaps may be equaled, but I am now convinced he is not surpassed by anyone. He has sneaked on us, and we are yet to fully realize how truly great he is. We should be grateful to these two artists and their excellent collaborators. The final two scenes will make you cry with joy.

I've head so many amazing stories about this movie but hadn't come around to watch it yet. I was convinced I would love this movie, praise this movie, cry with this movie... Unfortunately, I didn't. Though the acting was good and the underlying story was good; just a man, loving his life and his wife, even when it isn't anything special, I wished it would end more than once. The movie is bland, the poetry wasn't amazing either and I just can't love it. I'm sorry.