The Worst Film Ever

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The Proposition is one of the darkest movies I have ever seen. Set in the outback Australia, The Proposition stars Guy Pearce as Charlie Burns. A man who has been sent by the local law enforcement (Ray Winstone) to hunt down and kill his older brother Arthur (Danny Huston) in exchange for a pardon for both him and his younger brother Mickey. The conflict escalates from their.The movie benefits strongly from breathtaking cinematography and mesmerizing performances all around. In particular Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, and Emily Watson are just magnificent as the main characters of the film. John Hurt also turns in an unforgettable cameo as an aging bounty hunter. The movie has a couple narrative problems, and there are a handful of scenes that feel unnecessarily drawn out or just unnecessary all together. Overall however the story manages to be compelling throughout especially thanks to its three dimensional, complex characters. The Proposition is a relentlessly dark film. Filled with graphic violence and many scenes where characters are either in physical or emotional pain. But its a compelling enough watch to make it worth sitting through. At least for me.

I did not read any of the other reviews until I finally wrote my own . . . have wanted to do it for years, but am intimidated by the scope of this 2005 movie, from the acting, to the haunting scenes, all the way to minutia that is impossible to get out of your head. There are things in this movie that you cannot un-see or un-hear. Whether you ultimately love this movie or not, you'll never get it out of your brain.Americans make the best movies, right? Well, if that is your belief, this purely Australian/British ensemble will shake you to your core, from Director John Hillcoat all the way to the screenplay and music of Nick Cave, it is an Australian masterpiece.So, what stands out . . . I mean besides everything? The acting, the actors. If you want to see professionals, from famous to unknown, ply their trade, watch and listen, you're about to go on an actors' hayride.Let's pick one, to me previously unknown actor Tom Budge. One of those performances where every time he is on the screen, you want to turn to every other viewer and ask, "Did you see that?!? Were you listening, watching?" As a dirty, vile little scumbag of a character, he left his mark on cinema in this movie.Other fine performances? OMG, all of them, but how could you possibly overlook that Australian of all Australians, David Wenham? A perpetual favorite in so many Aussie settings and by so many other actors from down under, e.g., Nicole Kidman. His dialog is so precise, so contemptuous that just listening to him makes the viewer want to spit, to get the awful taste out of their own mouth.Summary: A movie for movie lovers, a violent and haunting travesty of mankind at its absolute worst . . . and best. Don't miss this one. I'm 70 and I've been watching movies since Scarlett enchanted us all. Let "The Proposition" haunt you.

Whilst by no means a terrible movie, The Proposition adds nothing to an already done-to-death genre, namely Westerns.The plot is thin and could have made an acceptable TV episode, but instead its spun out into a movie with the addition of pointless travelogue songs and the occasional (not occasional enough!) bouts of philosophy and drivel spouted by some of the characters.The backstory to the characters is almost non-existent. We are told they are a band of ruthless outlaws and degenerates and their crimes are hinted at, but never shown. This is at odds with the rest of the movie, which gleefully shows the effects of violence with gusto.None of the characters are particularly likable, which leads the viewer to not really care one way or the other whether they live or die. And, when you don't care about the characters, it's hard to care about the movie as a whole.The Proposition is slow, uneven and filled with well...filler. At the end, I was glad it was finished so that I could go and get on with something more interesting and rewarding.SUMMARY: Tedious and unsatisfying. Watch Unforgiven, or Deadwood for more visceral and intelligent Western drama. This one is really not worth the effort.

The only thing in this world that is more slowly paced than this movie is Continental Drift! I kept looking at the clock, kept wondering when it was going pick up speed. It never did. On the box, one of the critics claims this to be a classic in the vein of Peckinpah, Eastwood, Leone. I'm considering suing said critic for "false advertisement" or misrepresentation. I really have nothing else to say about it but they're telling me I've not written enough, hence: this filler. I miss the days of Peckinpah, the time before writers thought it necessary to fill script with "f*ck"s and "GD"s. (BTW: Were/are flies really that bad in Australia?)