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I ended up catching a late matinee of Capote yesterday after work.
I figured that it wasn't the most popular flick at this movie house as I was the only person in the whole theater for it. In fact, the movie was supposed to start at 4:40 PM and I had to go remind them to start the show at 4:45 PM. Apparently they had forgotten about me, weren't used to have someone in there, or both.
If Truman Capote was truly this flamboyant and (in my opinion) annoying, then Phillip Seymour Hoffman did a phenomenal job. I enjoyed the parts about his friendship with Harper Lee. However, there were parts where I felt sorry for him and others where I found him despicable. While researching his book "In Cold Blood" he spent a great deal of time with the murderer Perry Smith (played brilliantly by Clifton Collins, Jr., who should have been nominated himself for an Oscar or Golden Globe, I think). Though I think he did develop a deep relationship with Smith, I think Capote also took great advantage of him, lying to him and creating false hopes in order to garner information for his book.
For a while I wondered if I was supposed to feel sympathetic towards Capote or disturbed by him, like maybe I was missing the point of the movie, but figured maybe that was the point. He was a complicated person, and though he has earned respect for his talent as a writer, it didn't make him a perfect or sometimes even likable person.
Did I enjoy the movie? I think so. Would I see it again? Probably not. Would I buy it? Nah.
I figured that it wasn't the most popular flick at this movie house as I was the only person in the whole theater for it. In fact, the movie was supposed to start at 4:40 PM and I had to go remind them to start the show at 4:45 PM. Apparently they had forgotten about me, weren't used to have someone in there, or both.
If Truman Capote was truly this flamboyant and (in my opinion) annoying, then Phillip Seymour Hoffman did a phenomenal job. I enjoyed the parts about his friendship with Harper Lee. However, there were parts where I felt sorry for him and others where I found him despicable. While researching his book "In Cold Blood" he spent a great deal of time with the murderer Perry Smith (played brilliantly by Clifton Collins, Jr., who should have been nominated himself for an Oscar or Golden Globe, I think). Though I think he did develop a deep relationship with Smith, I think Capote also took great advantage of him, lying to him and creating false hopes in order to garner information for his book.
For a while I wondered if I was supposed to feel sympathetic towards Capote or disturbed by him, like maybe I was missing the point of the movie, but figured maybe that was the point. He was a complicated person, and though he has earned respect for his talent as a writer, it didn't make him a perfect or sometimes even likable person.
Did I enjoy the movie? I think so. Would I see it again? Probably not. Would I buy it? Nah.
