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Post by stephenstepsout on Dec 21, 2018 18:02:13 GMT
Here's the link to Chandler Massey's newly-released movie Aquarians:
Here's a thread so folks can discuss it when they watch it.
(Right now, I'm saving it as a treat for later!)
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Post by Will68 on Dec 23, 2018 3:56:29 GMT
Just watched it. I really enjoyed it. I wont give any spoilers but it's about 2 brothers reconnecting years after the death of their brother. And both have gone in extreme opposite directions to deal with their grief.
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Post by stephenstepsout on Apr 22, 2019 22:34:13 GMT
Aquarians was my special treat for Easter! (I've tried watching it before, but I wasn't able to get my VPN working with Amazon.com before. This time it worked, so, finally I got to see my treat!)
And what a treat! I really, properly enjoyed it from start to finish. It is an engaging character drama in a small town community, and it was proper good and interesting throughout. The acting and production was excellent all round, and was notably so for a small independent film.
Chandler Massey was terrific, and in addition to that, what a joy to see him play a character totally different from Will, and do it thrillingly well! Now I totally want Massey to expand his career further, so we get to see much more of his work as different characters and in different genres.
The initial set up, of Massey's character returning to his home town as a reluctant fill-in deacon for his local church and with a mixed welcome from the parishioners, is well done. It sets up the intrigue for the story and characters in an attention-grabbing way - making me wonder "what is going on here?" and wanting to find out! And each scene that followed added to the interest, as we found out something about what was going on and the issues that the characters were facing. It's interesting people in interesting, and very human situations, and packed with interesting observations and themes, making it an enjoyable film that is worth spending time with. Massey delivers as someone to root for, and is marvellous at delivering a very believable multifacted human being with flaws, issues, and passions, and troubles, and very believable relationships. Shane Coffey is great too as the brother, and both actors together create a fun-to-watch brotherly dynamic.
My one criticism is of the movie is that it has a deus-ex-machina (or a suggestion of one, at least) at the end which in my view is misjudged. It would have been much better, and made much more sense (both narratively speaking *and* being realistic and true to life), if the brothers had saved themselves - saved themselves together, but the deus-ex-machina didn't rub too much for me because it was largely inconsequential to the conclusion.
Overall, I heartily recommend this film!
And I'm glad to see Aquarians is on Prime, where it will get maximum attention - it deserves it.
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