I'm so glad! I wish I had been able to see it in theaters. I would like to have seen its forest full-size.
I would have made the whole thing revolve entirely around the Hollister brothers, their cousin Lowell, and Sawyer. The very best parts of the movie were the interactions between Lowell and Sawyer--but a close second were the interactions between Lowell and his cousins--I feel like there was room to expand on whatever Lowell's personal tragedy or oddness is, and how he fits in with his cousins.
Yes! I like, folklorically, the final showdown between Sawyer and Sheriff O'Doyle, and it's not completely unreasonable that if a college student vanishes her family should file a missing persons report, but there is nothing that happens with the law enforcement characters in this movie that I haven't seen before, especially coming from film noir. I still haven't seen a lot of people like Lowell and his cousins (who I agree with you aren't stupid—they're not meth wizards like Lowell, but then again I'm not sure how much of a tracker he is) and all of their scenes with Sawyer, together or separately and then finally all in the same room, were terrific. There are so many shifting tensions and connections. "There he is, serious as ever. Hello, coz."
But this personal rewrite aside, I really did like the film a lot. (And I really do love what people do these days with drone footage.)
I like your rewrite. And the soaring shots of the highway and the hills were very beautiful.
I'm now two reviews behind in you Patreon reviews. Am looking forward to catching up.
Re: Rust Creek: seen!
I'm so glad! I wish I had been able to see it in theaters. I would like to have seen its forest full-size.
I would have made the whole thing revolve entirely around the Hollister brothers, their cousin Lowell, and Sawyer. The very best parts of the movie were the interactions between Lowell and Sawyer--but a close second were the interactions between Lowell and his cousins--I feel like there was room to expand on whatever Lowell's personal tragedy or oddness is, and how he fits in with his cousins.
Yes! I like, folklorically, the final showdown between Sawyer and Sheriff O'Doyle, and it's not completely unreasonable that if a college student vanishes her family should file a missing persons report, but there is nothing that happens with the law enforcement characters in this movie that I haven't seen before, especially coming from film noir. I still haven't seen a lot of people like Lowell and his cousins (who I agree with you aren't stupid—they're not meth wizards like Lowell, but then again I'm not sure how much of a tracker he is) and all of their scenes with Sawyer, together or separately and then finally all in the same room, were terrific. There are so many shifting tensions and connections. "There he is, serious as ever. Hello, coz."
But this personal rewrite aside, I really did like the film a lot. (And I really do love what people do these days with drone footage.)
I like your rewrite. And the soaring shots of the highway and the hills were very beautiful.
I'm now two reviews behind in you Patreon reviews. Am looking forward to catching up.
Enjoy!