ed harris is so good in this, but I guess it’s hard to empathise with that pretentious mother fucker

ed harris is so good in this, but I guess it’s hard to empathise with that pretentious mother fucker

Mixed feelings about this film.

The performances of the leads are excellent- Marcia Gay Harden and Ed Harris as painters Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock respectively give out of body performances where you truly believe it is them in these roles. Marcia’s Oscar-winning scene is really great, where Lee shuns Jackson’s desire to have children due to him being a troubled alcoholic. She kind of bodies the role and the film itself. 

The score is really great, and I do like the visuals, especially after Lee and Jackson move from NYC to a more rural environment. 

What I don’t like as much is the rest of the film. It’s fine, completely passable, but it’s kind of bland. Not boring but forgettable. We don’t really get to know who Jackson Pollock is as a person, a lot of the characterization feels external such as his drinking behavior that ultimately leads to his death. As a whole though, definitely not bad and elevated by Marcia and Ed.

Mixed feelings about this film.

The performances of the leads are excellent- Marcia Gay Harden and Ed Harris as painters Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock respectively give out of body performances where you truly believe it is them in these roles. Marcia’s Oscar-winning scene is really great, where Lee shuns Jackson’s desire to have children due to him being a troubled alcoholic. She kind of bodies the role and the film itself. 

The score is really great, and I do like the visuals, especially after Lee and Jackson move from NYC to a more rural environment. 

What I don’t like as much is the rest of the film. It’s fine, completely passable, but it’s kind of bland. Not boring but forgettable. We don’t really get to know who Jackson Pollock is as a person, a lot of the characterization feels external such as his drinking behavior that ultimately leads to his death. As a whole though, definitely not bad and elevated by Marcia and Ed.

“It's like looking at a bed of flowers…”

Ahhhh. Ahhhhh. Ahhhh. I don’t know what I was expecting but I cannot get over this movie. I love pollock’s art and his artistic ideology but I hate the man behind it. This movie doesn’t go out of the way to show him being overtly callous, though. Little things build up until suddenly, it’s over and too late.
I love how this story is told. I love how we aren’t shown every little thing, and we don’t need to be told what caused the major decline in Pollock’s life. We infer, we see what happens because of it. 
I am a massive AbEx person and want to go into a career revolving around it. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen this earlier.

I love that Pollock is depicted as a person, just as he is. He loves animals. He cares about painting. He’s egotistical and a braggart. He’s an alcoholic - one who recovered temporarily before relapsing again. He isn’t just a bad man behind ‘interesting’ art. He was a real guy. Contemporarily it feels like there are so many black or white depictions of artists, and it was refreshing to not have that shoved in my face while watching. (I already do not like Pollock. I have no interest in watching him be horrible for two hours.)

Harden does an incredible job playing Krasner. I love you Lee Krasner, they could never make me hate you. Guggenheim’s actress was also amazing and really stole the spotlight in every scene she was in. 

This is all over the place because I’m reviewing this at 2 in the morning. But anyways, I am so back to real movies after so much Marvel downtime.

“It's like looking at a bed of flowers…”

Ahhhh. Ahhhhh. Ahhhh. I don’t know what I was expecting but I cannot get over this movie. I love pollock’s art and his artistic ideology but I hate the man behind it. This movie doesn’t go out of the way to show him being overtly callous, though. Little things build up until suddenly, it’s over and too late.
I love how this story is told. I love how we aren’t shown every little thing, and we don’t need to be told what caused the major decline in Pollock’s life. We infer, we see what happens because of it. 
I am a massive AbEx person and want to go into a career revolving around it. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen this earlier.

I love that Pollock is depicted as a person, just as he is. He loves animals. He cares about painting. He’s egotistical and a braggart. He’s an alcoholic - one who recovered temporarily before relapsing again. He isn’t just a bad man behind ‘interesting’ art. He was a real guy. Contemporarily it feels like there are so many black or white depictions of artists, and it was refreshing to not have that shoved in my face while watching. (I already do not like Pollock. I have no interest in watching him be horrible for two hours.)

Harden does an incredible job playing Krasner. I love you Lee Krasner, they could never make me hate you. Guggenheim’s actress was also amazing and really stole the spotlight in every scene she was in. 

This is all over the place because I’m reviewing this at 2 in the morning. But anyways, I am so back to real movies after so much Marvel downtime.

Heel fijn werk met Kilmer die Kooning speelt en een milieu dat verworden is tot een samenzwering waar Pollock zijn gloriejaren heel even mocht beleven. Drank doet niemand goed. Harris held. Veel personages brengen mooie historische lading. Prima regie en de creatie van de werken ook sjitt'rund gebracht. Alfred Jodocus Kwak. Algoeds.

Heel fijn werk met Kilmer die Kooning speelt en een milieu dat verworden is tot een samenzwering waar Pollock zijn gloriejaren heel even mocht beleven. Drank doet niemand goed. Harris held. Veel personages brengen mooie historische lading. Prima regie en de creatie van de werken ook sjitt'rund gebracht. Alfred Jodocus Kwak. Algoeds.

Unfortunately pretty dull. I do respect old Ed, though.

Unfortunately pretty dull. I do respect old Ed, though.