I find it a little dismaying that the majority of comments for this movie are negative, but hey, what do I care what a bunch of strangers think? I liked it just fine, and that's all I really care about. I must like it, I've seen it at least four times and counting...
For one thing, I can't think of another movie that's like this one. If the definition of a good movie (or, at least, part of the definition) is that it's something new, then "Luster" certainly fits that bill. What other character is like Jackson, is like Derek, is like any of them? IF so, then which movie were they in? The actor that plays Jackson is very good, I thought all the actors were really terrific. I can think of certain scenes that might have been better written, but I can't fault any of the actors for anything. Everyone really fit their role and everyone was completely believable.
**Remember you were warned that there ARE spoilers!** There was a lot of humor (I loved the way Sandra said "oh my God" the second time in the sentence "Bi? oh my God! oh my God!" and when Sam asked Jackson if Jed was in the hospital and Jackson said no, he's in the mens room, and the 'first cousin' line), the director really knows what guys find sexy in other guys (the way Jackson looks at the kid fixing his cycle and the way the kid is photographed) and the ending was really terrific, even if I was very sorry that Sam died cause I kept thinking about how sad his Mom would have been. That's really it in a nutshell, for a second I thought about these characters in the real world, and I can't say that many movies make me do that at all. That doesn't make me crazy, it makes the people real.
Thank you Everett Lewis.
For one thing, I can't think of another movie that's like this one. If the definition of a good movie (or, at least, part of the definition) is that it's something new, then "Luster" certainly fits that bill. What other character is like Jackson, is like Derek, is like any of them? IF so, then which movie were they in? The actor that plays Jackson is very good, I thought all the actors were really terrific. I can think of certain scenes that might have been better written, but I can't fault any of the actors for anything. Everyone really fit their role and everyone was completely believable.
**Remember you were warned that there ARE spoilers!** There was a lot of humor (I loved the way Sandra said "oh my God" the second time in the sentence "Bi? oh my God! oh my God!" and when Sam asked Jackson if Jed was in the hospital and Jackson said no, he's in the mens room, and the 'first cousin' line), the director really knows what guys find sexy in other guys (the way Jackson looks at the kid fixing his cycle and the way the kid is photographed) and the ending was really terrific, even if I was very sorry that Sam died cause I kept thinking about how sad his Mom would have been. That's really it in a nutshell, for a second I thought about these characters in the real world, and I can't say that many movies make me do that at all. That doesn't make me crazy, it makes the people real.
Thank you Everett Lewis.