10s Movie Review - The Hero

Director: Brett Haley
Genre: Drama/ Romance
Runtime: 96 minutes
Year: 2017
Starring: Sam Elliott, Nick Offerman, Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter, Katherine Ross

Description: An ailing movie star (Sam Elliott) comes to terms with his past and mortality.

Review: Lee Hayden has put his best years behind him after his one and only good movie, The Hero. Now he makes his living doing voice-overs and commercials. When he is told he is suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer, he can’t bring himself to tell his estranged family. When he meets comedian Charlotte Dylan, his life suddenly gets a boost. Lee is faced with the emotional conflict that his career can make a comeback, while his death stares him in the eye.
“The Hero” could have been a fairly mediocre film if it wasn’t for Sam Elliott, who is a true force of nature in this film. He carries the film, with some support from especially Nick Offerman, who I loved in his role. Elliott really knows how to create a character you can empathize with, even with him having a lot of faults and imperfections.
Seriously, without Sam Elliott, this movie would be forgettable and disposable.

Rating: 3,5/ 5 

Oldies Review - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Director: George Roy Hill
Genre: Western/ Crime
Runtime: 106 minutes
Year: 1969
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross, Strother Martin, Henry Jones, Jeff Corey, Cloris Leachman

I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2021 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 4: A MOVIE FROM THE 1960S

Description: Wyoming, early 1900s. Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and The Sundance Kid (Robert Redford) are the leaders of a band of outlaws. After a train robbery goes wrong they find themselves on the run with a posse hard on their heels. Their solution: escape to Bolivia.

Review: Four years before “The Sting”, director George Roy Hill brought together Paul Newman and Robert Redford for the first time and formed the fantastic duo of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Hill puts in a legendary performance as a director, with Conrad L. Hall at his side as cinematographer. Who brings something brand new to the market, especially for the time, with the switching between sepia shots and the regular color shots is fantastic. In between, a montage of photographs is used to cover the time of the journey, which fits the film perfectly. All this is once again supported by the lively and cheerful music of Burt Bacharach.
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is a fun and enjoyable film. Paul Newman and Robert Redford manage to alternate the blood-curdling chase with plenty of humor. This gives the film a fresh touch and keeps it from being so heavy. I am not the world’s biggest fan of westerns, but there is no denying that “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” is a fun and exciting western.

Rating: 4/ 5