Supelice Dreadfully Boring

ScoobyMint Disappointment for a huge fan!

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

cmielgo There aren't many movies that manage to be as polarizing as Gus van Sant's Gerry. A quick look through what the Internet has to say about this movie will lead you into a string of two types of reviews: people dismissing this movie as one of the most boring, tedious, presumptuous, empty and self indulgent movies of the century, and another group of individuals placing the film on a pedestal as one of the most reflexive, profound and beautiful work of art they have ever seen. Nevertheless, this proves that Gerry brings out strong emotions from whoever watches it, be it negative or positive ones. The premise for this film is so absurdly simple that it is almost nonexistent: two friends (both named Gerry) drive to a desert landscape in order to see "it", give up and get lost on their way back to the car. I have to confess my special love for films with no real plot, they tend to be the most interesting watches. And Gerry is nothing if not an interesting watch. In this personal project, van Sant takes away all the superfluous and leaves only the essential, following a minimalistic approach throughout the entire film. There's nothing that can possibly distract the viewer because there is literally nothing else there, only the landscape and its natural sounds, the two characters and the spectator following their journey. As such, the film lends itself as a blank canvas on which the viewer can paint their own interpretation of what appears on the screen: what this journey is about, why these two men seem determined to find their way and yet are so intent on getting hopelessly lost, what do their conversations mean, what is their relationship (if they have one at all)... As such, viewers expecting a plot and trying to extract logical explanations will be severely disappointed. This film will only make sense to those who are able to project their own personal journey on that of the characters and extract a meaning from it. The beautiful cinematography and never ending sequence shots serve as a therapeutic session of stillness and calmness in a time when we are, more than ever, bombarded with fast images and dynamic scenes. We are no longer asked to think of what we are feeling or experiencing, films tend to tell us what emotion is required at each moment, so we don't have to risk being bored a single second. Gerry is a much needed dose of reflective art in an ever more chaotic cinematic world. The mistake I believe people have made when judging this film is making a critique of the vagueness of its message or lack thereof, attributing it to an empty and slow paced story that bores the viewer to sleep. But this emptiness is precisely what we can use to make Gerry's journey ours: do we find our way out of the desert or do we give up and succumb just as help was coming? This film serves as an example of how to make a movie that as no meaning and all meanings at the same time. It's useless to ask ourselves what van Sant, Affleck and Damon were trying to convey, because it was probably something different for each of them. Of course these films will always be judged harshly, but they are also necessary cinematic experiments, as they force us to retreat into ourselves and search for our own individual truths. And this is precisely what I learned from Gerry. We all have doubts and questions that need answering, and we can use cinema and art to express those questions in order to find the answers, at the same time asking the question to other people so they, in turn, will come up with different answers.

eric rico Gerry - a metaphoric film of self-realization Okay - maybe I got something completely different out of this film than almost everyone else (including the critics). I believe the film is about the struggle of ONE individual (portrayed by a dichotomy of two characters in the movie). Let me try to explain my hypothesis as simple as possible......the movie is a metaphor of life facing internal struggle - a coming to terms with reality and overcoming a serious issue, finally being able to move on (for instance, addiction...death of a loved one....letting go of the thing that has been hurting you). I believe this movie shows us, ironically, two characters named Gerry for an obvious reason - it is split between the two sides of all of us. The one side that is struggling through and finding only more weakness (Affleck), and the side that represents strength, determination and the will to conquer (Damon). By the characters using the verbage in the movie - we "gerried" that up (used instead of messed up or f$*ked up) you begin to feel the Gerry is even a metaphoric name, perhaps, or the singular character that is dealing with their issue. Important note - I don't believe either Damon or Affleck represent the character who is dealing with this adversity (metaphorically represented as being lost in a wasteland with no support). They go to the desert to find a "thing" - it is never mentioned what the "thing" is, and for good reason. When you are dealing with a major problem in your life, you don't necessarily know what can save you - you just grasp at straws. The beautiful, yet barren landscape is the mind of the person dealing with this painful issue. Once alone in this metaphoric land - he can overcome only by never quitting and falling back - in essence, perishing. In one scene, Damon's character makes a dirt pillow for Affleck's character to jump down on once he becomes somehow stuck on a high rock - again a forward representation of a troubled person helping himself by showing strength and determination. A small step in the right direction....the weak may find a way into trouble, but it takes strength and sensibility in a person to get them out of it. In the end, it becomes obviously clear (assuming you believe what I am saying). By Damon choking Affleck's character - it shows us that the strength and determination of this individual will win - he will not remain lost anymore. When Damon's character is picked up by a man and his son, there is a clear metaphor of rebirth. He is being led out of the "desert" reborn again as a child (innocent). Looking back at the desert, he realizes that he is past the point in his life that has tormented him for so long...... This movie is about a lot more than two guys named "Gerry" that get lost in the desert. Bravo to Gus Van Sant, one of the most thought-provoking, cerebral and visualistic directors of our time....

Raul Faust Two guys get lost somewhere far away from the cities, and as you might expect, that brings a lot of problems to their well-being. My main issue with this film happens because it has one of the strangest directing I've recently seen! I mean, there are a lot of unnecessary scenes showing those mountains, albeit we're told from the get go where they are in. For this reason, sometimes my friends and I wondered if we were watching an actual film or if someone had mistakenly switched to the Discovery Channel. Also, the lack of conversation is also something that really bothered us, since there is no character development; we are enable to know WHO are Gerry and Gerry, where they come from, and what kind of relationship they do have. On the other hand, sometimes I liked this movie for being SO odd; everything feels very different from previous movies that crossed my life, so Gus Van Sant proves to be, at least, BRAVE. In conclusion, "Gerry" isn't a picture that I would like to see again, nor even recommend to friends, but it's a reasonable opportunity for those who are tired with the same-old-story told in Hollywood.

ChojinWolfblade This is 103 minutes of my life i will always regret. I watched this title in 2003. It is now over 10 years later and i still get an uncontrollable desire to punch someone in the face when i hear they're called Gerry. Do yourself a favour, drop a hairdryer in the bath before indulging in any morbid curiosity you have in watching this abysmal movie. I can't believe I'm even forced to write 10 lines on this review! My therapist has cautioned me that if i start on a tirade on Gerry i will suffer immediate regression. I feel like slitting my wrists just thinking about it, so please allow me to cheat....This is 103 minutes of my life i will always regret. I watched this title in 2003. It is now over 10 years later and i still get an uncontrollable desire to punch someone in the face when i hear they're called Gerry. Do yourself a favour, drop a hairdryer in the bath before indulging in any morbid curiosity you have in watching this abysmal movie. I can't believe I'm even forced to write 10 lines on this review! My therapist has cautioned me that if i start on a tirade on Gerry i will suffer immediate regression. I feel like slitting my wrists just thinking about it, so please allow me to cheat....This is 103 minutes of my life i will always regret. I watched this title in 2003. It is now over 10 years later and i still get an uncontrollable desire to punch someone in the face when i hear they're called Gerry. Do yourself a favour, drop a hairdryer in the bath before indulging in any morbid curiosity you have in watching this abysmal movie. I can't believe I'm even forced to write 10 lines on this review! My therapist has cautioned me that if i start on a tirade on Gerry i will suffer immediate regression. I feel like slitting my wrists just thinking about it, so please allow me to cheat....