Yogi's Movie Consumption Blog

His wife in a coma, husband discovers she had an affair - he goes to confront the lover.  Descendants is a quieter film, trying to amplify the subtleties of the luxury problems of an upper-class family in Hawaii with native forefathers. Although it has a nice story, at first I was confused by the fact that George Clooney was cast. Although he does well what he does it took me more than an hour to forget his larger-than-life persona with all the clichés that go with it. Shaylene Woodley was fantastic, had no idea she was already famous. Darn. Once I got around that, though, I could really enjoy the film. Going through the second time, I am interested in how the different stories interweave. Matt & Wife Matt & Daughters Matt & Family 00:02 Wife is in a coma 00:03 Scottie has problems at school and Matt ...

A young campaign media strategist is brought down by the ugly realities of political mudwrestling. There is something very straightforward about this movie. I liked how Gosling's character went from a certain naivety to a cold-blooded revenge strategist where it seems that most hope is lost for his soul. The film kept me pretty entertained for its running time, but in the end it seemed just a bit unclear for me, what I should feel about the whole thing - I just couldn't get involved enough with the characters. What I also realized that apart from Gosling's lead all the other characters were given rather flat and slightly uninspired roles (Paul Gamatti is a great adversary though) - all the actors worked great, but their character quirks could have been made much funnier. The realistic touch that the film tries to keep so hard also distanced me from the emotional turmoils of the actual participants.