I had seen this movie mentioned several times before so I decided to pick it up. Let me just saw wow. Awesome flick. The story was incredible. It kept me interested the whole time (don't even start with the I predicted this or that crap). It focuses on a man named Adam Meiks(McConaughey) who goes to the Dallas FBI to turn in his brother Fenton Meiks the "God's Hand" serial killer. Powers Boothe is the FBI agent he tells his whole story (flashback) to and Bill Paxton is Adam's dad. Bill Paxton directed this movie and did a great job, he also had a major acting role. Matthew McConaughey was very convincing also and I enjoyed seeing Powers Boothe (Red Dawn/By Dawn's Early Light). I think this is a must rent and I will gladly buy it on DVD. 8.5/10 stars. Has anyone else rented it? Liked it?
I saw it at the theatre, and thought it was very good! It's not something you're going to want to rent if you're looking for a feel-good movie, but it'll definitely stick with you. 9/10 ...but don't direct your hate mail to me. The movie is not for everybody.
Saw it a few weeks ago. Good movie, and as you wrote it's very interesting and engrossing. I'll give it a 9 out of 10.
Frailty kicks butt. I went into it not really expecting much and it totally blew me away. I wish they made more films like this one, less guns/explosions/blood and more imagination.
Exactly - I wasn't expecting anything at all and I was very pleasantly suprised. I thought it was a very original story, I was also impressed that Paxton directed it so well.
I saw it when it came out in the theatre (free tickets). I was not too impressed. It was well done, but I felt like the writer had a very weak theological understanding to build the story on (which wouldn't matter with most movies, but it features prominently here).
While I thought the idea behind the movie was good, I thought the execution was weak. (WARNING - I will be giving away some of the plot here so if you haven't seen the movie, you might not want to read my post). First, the dialogue was terrible and there was too much of it. For example, I don't know how many times he had the actors say their emotions rather than show them. A scared kid doesn't say "I'm scared Pa" - the kid should instead give you a look that tells the whole story. This leads into my second point, which was that the actors were too wooden. The kids didn't act so much as say their lines (especially the actor playing the younger brother). Also, Paxton is not a subtle actor and his part was way out of his league. If he had put a real pro in the same role (say Chris Cooper), it would have improved the movie immensely. Third, what FBI agent would accompany a suspect alone to a remote location? Fourth, I felt the movie should have done more to misdirect the viewer into thinking that Paxton's "enlightenment" (for lack of a better word) was the result of a mental breakdown. The transformation from normal guy to grim reaper was too abrupt for mental illness to seem plausible. A good director could have shown a few signs (other than the loss of his wife, which wasn't proximate to the events of the movie) that would have made Paxton's enlightenment seems less divinlely inspired. Frailty wasn't a bad movie, but it lacked a certain craftsmanship and attention to detail that could have made it a real classic.
