Bobby (2006)

Posted : 2 months, 3 weeks ago at Sep 11 0:04

by Dane Youssef Emilio Esztevez's "Bobby" celebrates not only one of the greatest political icons to die before his time, before he had the opportunity to live up to even a fraction of his potential, but a seven-year effort to get it on the big screen. Esztevez is not as renown in the business as his father and brother are. Nor does he have such a sparkling track-record. Let's be honest. Most of the man's movies (paticularly those made after "The Mighty Ducks") borderline on unwatchable. But hey, what about "Rated X"? I heard good things. Somewhere. I don't remember where exactly... But just because a man has a few "Battlefield Earth" and "Catwoman"-like stinkers on his resume doesn't mean he's totally incapable of putting out anything at all decent. I know we love to skewer ...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at Oct 18 22:14

"Surely, this bond of common faith, this bond of common goal, can begin to teach us something. Surely, we can learn, at least, to look at those around us as fellow men, and surely we can begin to work a little harder to bind up the wounds among us and to become in our own hearts brothers and countrymen once again." Bobby is a heartfelt, upbeat and ambitious attempt to remind audiences of the vision of harmony promulgated by Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s amid the divisiveness of the Vietnam War and racial issues. Emilio Estevez (that guy from The Breakfast Club) carried out the duties of a writer and a director for Bobby. Estevez's heart is in the right place: he aimed to make a patriotic and poignant tribute to RFK, and highlight the relevance of the issues of the 60s in contem...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at Jun 2 15:14

At 12.15am on 5 June 1968, as Robert F. Kennedy was making his way from the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles to give a press conference after winning the California Primary, he was shot and fatally wounded. With 'Bobby' actor/director Emilio Estevez chooses not to focus so much on the man himself, and instead points his camera on the people who unwittingly found themselves caught up in one of the most important and tragic events in modern American history. Now, I'm a fan of biopics however they may be played. For the first act of Bobby I found myself wishing I had been watching a straight biopic of the man Bobby Kennedy. I was skeptical about how Estevez was going to tie the multitude of characters and their stories together. The turning point and integral message fo...Read more

Rating : 8/10