Bobby

Tonight I thought I would write a movie review! Maybe I will do that every so often, since I watch a lot of movies. This was a good one.

Well as coincidence would have it, lately the thought has crossed my mind; I wonder what ever happened to Emilio Estevez? I don't particularly know why I wondered about him, maybe I was watching Breakfast Club (one of my favorite movies) and realized I hadn't seen him in any movies lately. Well, tonight I got a surprising answer to my question.

Emilio Estevez wrote and directed the movie Bobby. I didn't know anything about this movie when I rented it. I hadn't seen the trailers on TV. I rented it because it has an all-star cast, I love Anthony Hopkins, he's in it, so I figured it must be good. Until the ending credits I didn't realize Emilio was the writer and producer.

I read a little about it on the web. It took Emilio seven years to get the movie made. He had a terrible case of writer's block and couldn't get past page 30 of the script for years. His brother Charlie inspired/convinced him to finish. Emilio had a hard time coming up with funding for the movie and said that he had to sell his artwork and other material items just to have enough money to fund this picture.

The movie follows 22 characters, all having separate story lines, who were all at the Ambassador Hotel the night Robert Kennedy was shot. All the characters are real actors, however Robert Kennedy is portrayed by himself, using actual video footage.

Many of the reviews I have read aren't so good, claiming that the movie has irrelevant story lines and is boring. Or that Emilio had good intentions, but the movie fell flat in spots. (I don't always agree with the reviews I read)

I don't think this movie is so much about Robert Kennedy's assassination as it is about human nature and it represents how even very different people, from very different walks of life, can all hope for and want the same things in this world. This is the perfect point to convey to the audience since that was exactly what Robert Kennedy as a presidential candidate represented and stood for.

I found all of the characters interesting, and Anthony Hopkins of course was wonderful. I was interested to find out what would happen to each of them and what their common link would be. I read that the storyline/character Ashton Kutcher plays (a hippie smoking pot and dropping acid) was not necessary to the movie. I disagree... that was the time of the hippies! You can't very well make a movie about that time, and portray the different walks of life without including the hippies! ha. Plus it added a little humor to the story.

If you have time rent the movie (only available at Blockbuster Video, it's an exclusive!) and let me know what you think. And be sure to watch the Special Features on the DVD, there is an interview with Emilio and other cast members and some very interesting movie trivia about the famous hotel.

I would never make it as a movie critic! I know how I feel about something, but have a hard time putting it into words like they can. So let me just wrap it up by saying that I give it two thumbs up and I say WAY TO GO EMILIO!! Even if no one else thinks so!

Here is a link to an interview with Emilio about making the movie, which is very interesting: http://www.cbc.ca/cp/entertainment/060914/e091458.html

And here is a link to watch the movie trailer. (When you get to the page you have to scroll down to see it)

http://www.imdb.com/rg/TITLETRA_CLICK_SCRPLY/wmp-300k/title/tt0308055/trailers-screenplay-E29342-10-2

See you next time! Diane