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hyped garbage

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

A real story, made movie. An OK film, superannoying music score though. High level/Low level, kindda made me glad I didn't see this at the movies. My ears would have died :D

I had to give The Bling Ring a re-watch since I was on the Sofia Coppola binge. I remember not being overly fond of this film when I first saw it and thinking it was her weakest work. Fresh eyes and all I'm more positive about the film although I think the message of the film isn't exactly clear nor is it a film without some issues. Still there are plenty of things about this film that I really enjoyed. It did remind me of something that you would see from Harmony Korine like Kids or Spring Breakers, however much more presentable.The film follows the real life events of a bunch of young kids in California who robbed items from the homes of famous celebrities. They are a group of fame obsessed teens who broke into houses and tracked down when celebs when they weren't home. They were eventually caught for their crimes and served various sentences. Its a wonder why Sofia Coppola decided to present this story as a film but I think I'm more lenient to it now than I was back then. Its a good film although it feels slightly underdeveloped as a project.The first thing to notice is how shallow the characters are. You won't be identifying with them or even feeling sorry for them. I don't think they were meant to be developed very well, the intention may have been to have vacuous privileged kids at the center. We don't really know why they do what they do, they just might be bored. One thing that I noticed is that Sofia Coppola doesn't really go any deeper to exploring the story. The events are laid out as they happened but there's no real condemning or attempting to identify with the characters. Its just a straightforward presentation of the popular events.That's not to say that this film isn't good though. Coppola masters beautiful shots of streets and houses in Hollywood. Its got a youth driven loud soundtrack which compliments the scenes and characters well. Its still a very nice looking film although there may be a longing for more in this film. I will say this though, Emma Watson is very good in this. Who would have thought Hermione Granger can completely become a prototypical snotty girl who is obsessed with getting her social brand out there. Its wonderful to see her disappear into that role really naturally.7/10

Director Sofia Coppola also co-produced and wrote this expansion of Nancy Jo Sales' 2010 Vanity Fair article "The Suspect Wore Louboutins", based on real events, about a circle of trendy, well-to-do southern California teenagers, reckless and celebrity-obsessed, who see themselves as rock stars by virtue of their youth and position. A new addition to the group, an insecure kid eager to be with the in-crowd, is quickly swallowed up by the nighttime excitement, doing drugs and robbing celebrity houses in the Hollywood Hills without regard to the consequences. Though Coppola obviously did her homework, and her film looks and sounds authentic, one wonders what we're supposed to take away from the endless scenes of teenage hedonism and material worship, the camera caressing the contents of celebrity closets. It also isn't clear why this new student (Israel Broussard) is picked out from the high school pack to be a part of the Bling Ring, or why he's so readily accepted by female peers who, on the basis of looks and stature, would appear to operate in a different league. Coppola's uncanny ear for dialogue and rock and rap selections continues to impress, but it may be time for her to graduate from 'edgy' pop culture and return to more thought-provoking material. A 2011 cable-TV movie (using the same title!) covers the same territory, and is equally disheartening though on a much lower budget. *1/2 from ****

Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes. The Bling Ring is one of the most useless films i have ever seen in my life and also a movie that makes Emma Watson look absolutely hideous and awful, every single one character or human being that was in this film is either a rich jerk or just a jerk it's also a pretty boring movie and the story it tries to tell is pretty non-interesting and it moves so slow that it made me want to shut it off and i think that the best parts of this film was easily the ending like 5 to 10 minutes that's it nothing more (4.8/10)