Review of Stone (2010) by Melvin W — 30 Jul 2011

Stone: They say, when you experience a spiritual truth, that it comes to you as a sound that goes through you, changes your vibration, gets you back in the harmony. Like God's tuning fork or something... And then, if you let that happen to you, then you get the light, you get an illumination. .

"Some people tell lies. Some people live them.".

Thank God this movie had two of my favorite actors of all-time in it because without them I may have never watched this movie. And that would have been a real shame. From the reviews here, I thought I was getting myself into a terrible movie. However, I wad just getting myself into an overlooked and misunderstood film. This movie is about the way we view living a good life, religion, morals and about anything else that you would consider "deep.".

Now, everyone seems to be saying the exact same thing, "Norton and De Niro were good, but they weren't good enough to hold up a movie with no point." What's the point of this movie? Are you fucking kidding me? What was the point of Inception(loved Inception and in no way am I making fun of the movie at all, I'm just making a point)? To fuck with our minds and to entertain us. Other then that, Inception had no point. Now, with movies like Inception, I'm fine with that. Now, the point of Stone.

Stone wasn't made to merely entertain(although I was entertained, but I seem to be in the minority on that too). It looks at the way we view people's lives. We look at someone who is highly respected like De Niro's character and we instantly think that's a good person. We look at what are defined as the bad people like Norton's character and we instantly think that's a bad person. Stone has something to say about that. People aren't always what they appear. In the end, people change. People succumb to temptations. People break laws. Who are we to say who is good and bad? Maybe only "God" or whatever is looking over everything, knows who is actually good or bad. Now, I'm not saying I believe everything this movie is saying, but I can't say I don't believe anything it's saying.  It's an interesting movie, that most people will never give a chance because of what other people are saying about it. It may not be the most coherent or entertaining movie around, but people like fucking David Lynch's movies. The guy who just throughs bizarre scene after bizarre scene together. We call it deep, but how the he'll do we know? He could just be fucking with everyone, "I'm just going to throw a lesbian scene in here, a scene that means absolutely nothing in here and people will call it a masterpiece." But my opinion of David Lynch movies are probably better suited for another review.

I know no one is reading this because they see I gave the film 4 stars. It's got a 20% like rating and this guy gave it 4 stars? He must be high or something. But anyway if you are still reading this review, Thank You. All I'm saying is give the movie a chance. Don't let people who may not have looked deep enough into the movie effect your views on it without watching. You may hate it, you may love it. I loved it and I will defend this movie forever. .