OBXconsumer
Ugh - I saw all the good actors listed and so I watched this movie. Can I erase my memory? Maybe go to Total Recall and pay to have it removed? I just wanted to know how the little boy got in the coma. Is that too much to ask?? It was really depressing and I guess the only moral to the story is that if you just get through it things might get better if you can make a connection with someone else before you get so depressed you want to shoot yourself in the head. I also could not understand how Ray Liotta's character was deep in snow but The stripper and the mortician - there was no snow. The snow was blue - so that explained the title of the movie but still did not make sense. I just found the movie a little disturbing all-in-all. It was about as shallow as Demi Moore's stripper debut movie and that other awful movie I had managed to forget with the redhead stripper from Head of the Class but she could not act and these people could. I will steer clear of Crash and Magnolia, since others are hinting that this movie is even worse than those. I will only have to conclude for myself that the little boy is in a coma because his coke-head mom crashed the car or dropped him on his head. She didn't deserve to have a dog either.
bowmanblue
The film 'Crash' was a hit, as it used multiple characters' individual narratives to intertwine a story which all ties up together. Here, 'Powder Blue' attempts to do the same - with mixed results.First of all, I didn't like it. But it is quite a long film and I persevered. Now, looking back on it, I'm glad I did. It's not as good as Crash and it is kind of overloaded with sentimentality - every scene seems to be trying to get you to cry for each and every character. Perhaps it was nice to see some Hollywood characters feeling as down and miserable as the rest of us? Either way, the performances are pretty good - naturally from Forest Whittaker and Ray Liotta, but also from Jessica Biel (who comes in for more than her fair share of acting criticism these days).It is certainly a slow-burner. Not much happens during the beginning and it takes a while to get going. So, although it doesn't exactly reinvent the wheel in terms of film-making, it's not a bad little piece, but I feel it's one of those films that you have to be well in the mood for to really appreciate. It should probably come with a warning not to watch it if you don't want to be depressed or brought down by one tale of woe after the next.
craig-munson
The overall story and characters in this movie were fantastic and I would highly recommend this to anyone. I am very surprised this movie seemed to slip through the cracks and not get the attention it deserved.Ray liota and Forrest Whitaker are a given to provide great performances. But I was shocked by how good Jessica Biel was in this movie. Always thought she was a below average actress but she blew me away in this film. She also blew me away with how hot and sexy she is.... I could watch her Strip tease act over and over again (which by the way I have done and seen it probably 15x). My god how I would like to be Justin Timberlake for one day!! Great Film.... Go buy it as its definitely worth the money
jotix100
By right, the powerful cast in "Powder Blue" would guarantee a somewhat good movie. Unfortunately, only the premise of watching the leading actress' breast seems what have influenced some of the admirers of this film to consider it worth seeing. The basic problem with the story is that it capitalizes on better made films, in which disconnected characters come together to make sense at the end, once the story is told. There are more unanswered questions in the film than a good explanation for the way these Angelenos spend their time before Christmas.Directed by Timothy Linh Bui, a Vietnamise, whose second film this is, worked on the story by Stephane Gauger story, trying to give it some sense, but actually, the story goes nowhere. To his credit, he was able to attract talented actors of the stature of Patrick Swayze, whose last picture, this is, but a performance that does nothing to enhance his image. Oscar winner Forest Whitaker who worked with Mr. Bui in his previous "Green Dragon" which we never saw, does not fare better.The more absurd character is that of Charlie, played by Mr. Whitaker, a Catholic priest that evidently lost his faith. He is dealing with issues that do not make sense, or his previous involvement with a woman, Diana. Ray Liotta appears as Jack, an ex con that is out to make amends on a life he destroyed. His connection with the exotic dancer, and her son, it at first, hard to get. Jessica Biel, on the other hand, chews her way into 'showing it all up" giving the viewer a reason for waiting so long for a glimpse of her charms.
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