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Convoy:
"Why do they call you the Duck?"
"Because it rhymes with 'luck'. See, my daddy always told me to be just like a duck. Stay smooth on the surface and paddle like the devil underneath."
Fascinating........
The best part about Convoy is that it doesn't take itself very seriously, a decision made especially clear by the non stop shenanigans music and the excessive use of slow-motion practically forcing you to drink in the vehicular carnage and indulge in all the sweaty, anarchic donkery on display. Any "statement" the movie has to make takes the form of a media sensationalization of the titular convoy a la Natural Born Killers, which works well enough, and a series of politically charged monologues by each of the main characters in sequence, which kind of come out of nowhere and don't work nearly as well. Even so, they're presented with a kind of wink and a nod that let's you know that any sociopolitical subtext ain't really the fucking point.
The worst part is EASILY the pacing. The first hour is almost non-stop rubber-to-the-road spectacle, followed by a patient, extended build-up to a climax that comes and goes with disproportionate quickness compared to its sudden seriousness despite the fact that the truckers have literally an entire town to fucking demolish. Basically, the second act feels way too fucking long. That's easily the biggest drawback for me, even if you're inclined to like Peckinpah's sensibility. The bravado threatens to become boring and the resolution is a touch unsatisfying as a result.
Over the Edge:
Some of the acting by the kids was predictably annoying, the ending is overcooked, There's shades of Kids, Dazed & Confused, but it's missing the weirdness and the CRUCIAL Keanu element of River’s Edge, but this is still a pretty decent film about preposterously angry youths. It really shows how boredom, dissatisfaction and general disinterest from parents, teachers and other authority figures lead kids to fuck around. Teenage delinquency at its absolute pinnacle (and most ridiculous).
Growing up in a small town myself, I could easily relate to these kids who have nothing to do to let off that extra energy that one has when they are a wily teenager. And that makes it real easy to do something spectacularly stupid.
Oh & I was unreasonably distracted by everyone having a comb in their back pocket.
"Why do they call you the Duck?"
"Because it rhymes with 'luck'. See, my daddy always told me to be just like a duck. Stay smooth on the surface and paddle like the devil underneath."
Fascinating........
The best part about Convoy is that it doesn't take itself very seriously, a decision made especially clear by the non stop shenanigans music and the excessive use of slow-motion practically forcing you to drink in the vehicular carnage and indulge in all the sweaty, anarchic donkery on display. Any "statement" the movie has to make takes the form of a media sensationalization of the titular convoy a la Natural Born Killers, which works well enough, and a series of politically charged monologues by each of the main characters in sequence, which kind of come out of nowhere and don't work nearly as well. Even so, they're presented with a kind of wink and a nod that let's you know that any sociopolitical subtext ain't really the fucking point.
The worst part is EASILY the pacing. The first hour is almost non-stop rubber-to-the-road spectacle, followed by a patient, extended build-up to a climax that comes and goes with disproportionate quickness compared to its sudden seriousness despite the fact that the truckers have literally an entire town to fucking demolish. Basically, the second act feels way too fucking long. That's easily the biggest drawback for me, even if you're inclined to like Peckinpah's sensibility. The bravado threatens to become boring and the resolution is a touch unsatisfying as a result.
Over the Edge:
Some of the acting by the kids was predictably annoying, the ending is overcooked, There's shades of Kids, Dazed & Confused, but it's missing the weirdness and the CRUCIAL Keanu element of River’s Edge, but this is still a pretty decent film about preposterously angry youths. It really shows how boredom, dissatisfaction and general disinterest from parents, teachers and other authority figures lead kids to fuck around. Teenage delinquency at its absolute pinnacle (and most ridiculous).
Growing up in a small town myself, I could easily relate to these kids who have nothing to do to let off that extra energy that one has when they are a wily teenager. And that makes it real easy to do something spectacularly stupid.
Oh & I was unreasonably distracted by everyone having a comb in their back pocket.
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