Meet Joe Black (1998)

Posted : 10 months ago at Jan 18 20:51

"Careful Bill, you'll give yourself a heart attack and ruin my vacation." Running at a hair under three hours, Meet Joe Black is a multifaceted and deeply absorbing character study as well as a ponderous, contemplative exploration of the concept of death. The finality of death is the greatest sadness faced by humanity. At any instant, any of us could cease to exist - one's life could conclude without any warning and without the opportunity to farewell those closest to you. It's a morbid and depressing reality, but every single one of us is going to die someday. Meet Joe Black explores a number of questions regarding death. If your life was to terminate in a few short days, how would you spend your final hours on Earth? Would you spend it with loved ones? Pursue the fulfilment of all you...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 4 months ago at Jul 22 20:31

Thank goodness for Anthony Hopkins, or else this movie would have been a complete waste of time. Unfortunately he wasn't in every scene. There was no chemistry between Pitt and Forlani, of course with good reason. Brad Pitt's character was just completely unlikable, or at best cold. I can't decide whether to blame it on the script or the director. And it was much too long, and the last half hour just dragged. The cinematography was nice, and watching all the pretty people in pretty settings were nice. But if the story ain't there, then prettiness doesn't help.

Rating : 4/10