Gerry - Gus Van Sant | Spoiler Free Movie Review

Today, I take a step outside of the world of horror and instead look at an artpiece set in the desert.
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[@kellyja8]

I liked all the insider language the Gerry's use: "dirt mattress", "crow's nest", "shirt basket", "body shame".

[@deborahpalacios6342]

i admit i fast forwarded the movie..and why didnt they backtrack or follow their footprints back to the car smh

[@Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk]

It was a planned murder.

[@contorta960]

Spoken like someone whose never realised how easily it is to get lost when off the beaten path. I love this movie, cinematically and the score by Aveo Part. It's a beautiful watch. 2 protagonist are funny and relatable, and as they decline in this relatable tragedy their relationship to one another holds. I wouldn't call it an action adventure (as the film is called), more a romantic tragedy. Maybe death is glorified but what movie doesn't? I love Gerry! And much much more from Gus Van Sant.

[@vzeller]

99 percent of movies have a simple question like that asked by people. The answer is always the same....... BECAUSE THEN THE ENTIRE MOVIE PREMISE IS DESTROYED.

[@hikingfordayz]

Spoiler - I liked this movie. It reminds me of the I Shouldn’t Be Alive series, docu-dramas about people barely surviving a misadventure in the wilderness, the ocean and other unforgiving landscapes. Many survivors of near death in these conditions experience hallucinations and madness without food or water. So the end seemed like a realistic possibility. In fact, the whole movie did seem to move forward with Matt Damon’s character progressively becoming increasingly alpha and more annoyed with his friend. It seemed like a turning point when his friend couldn’t get done from a rock and Damon had to exert himself building a soft landing. In the final scene, I believe when Affleck said he was leaving, Damon was triggered at the thought of chasing him around endlessly and having to keep caretaking. And he snapped. Finding the highway moments later reminded me of Hitchcock Lifeboat movie where they were saved after they decided they couldn’t keep everyone in the lifeboat and someone had to be let go.

[@tylercatron9783]

Good review! I enjoyed the movie, but I'm a van sant fan. The visuals are so beautiful.

[@dianeblaylock6697]

The 5 minutes slow piano music put me to sleep woke up several times and they were still in the same spot worse than watching paint dry.

[@jorbu1423]

For me this is one of the worst movies I have watched. I also could not believe I got to the end of it when the credits started to roll.

[@angelamartin2811]

I actually liked this movie probably because I like survival type movies. It’s not fast based but it draws you in as you slowly watch these two friends lose hope. I was saddened at the end I believe they needed each other’s strength at the end but when the friend said I’m leaving it stirred a rage in matt to the point he took the strength he had to strangle his friend. How ironic to realize in just a few steps you’ve survived. I even questioned if Casey was dead because as Matt’s walking you can see that Casey was lying different. The ending was the part I didn’t like.

[@RockyBergen]

Wow, so expertly produced! I am 100% subscribing. I too, have watched all the Puppet Masters (just sold my Blade).

[@ryanhadley2685]

i Liked this movie slow but i Liked the music and how they are trying to survive and struggling in the dessert

[@punkfacexo6066]

Annabelle is so well-behaved today. Good girl! 😇

[@RottedReviews]

annabelle Has always bEen a good girL. perfectly Polite and pleasant. never MisbEhaves, not a bit.

[@sean_shimmer]

im a fan of real time movies (tahts what i call them )movies with the long shots and fixed angles . it forces for a more interactive experience, more life like. in turn, the long cuts forces thought, question, what would i do in that situation, what would i think, space out , come back- very virutal reality like. movies done like this will cause a physical reaction, like for urself u said u would zone out , well quess what happens when ur hiking, u sort of have these existential moments. the visuals are there in present for the beeuty and the extentisivly long cuts really puts ur head into it. mvoies like this, irreversable and enter the void (using disorientation and colors to really fuck u up) or the what the fuckness of movies like gummo with conversation, gus van sants elephant school shooting scene is intense where ur in the pilot seat. anyways hollywood depicts overdramatized drama and action to keep ur attention and sell u the next scene. i feel this is more like ride in the drivers seat in a 2001 space oddesy sort of grandiose way. as for the plot well theres been a few intrepetations of this . I personally took it for face value and thought it was extremly sad, after innocently getting lost, in the end, he basically put his friend out of his misery , only to find during a psychdelic like,/ floating-to-death-state ( the clouds get alll weird and crazy ) , only to find the highway was just right there! hearing the cars some time later and bringing damons energy up and him back to life saving only himself in the end. sad as fuck plot theory 2- it was all pre emptive murder with damon dragging afleck around til his death, for reasons unknown. that him, being strogner, more pre pared, and taking the alpha role knew what he was geting into cause at the point afleck collapses, and then he kills him, he changes direction immediatly and sees the highway and heads that way. theres clues discussed in another review of this movie you can look into that video, (peeing showing damon was hydrated and more psycially prepared by not being out of breath unlike afleck, damon shutting down every affleck idea, damon using the shirt as turbane as survival tool, its all afleck leading him to the spot just for him to exhuast himself and die. dont really buy this theory but its crazy to look into. plot theory 3- its all damon , affleck is metaphoric the weak side of himself he needs to kill off to survive, hence having the same name gerry. thaere is a halluciantion/thoght shot if damon by himself standing by the car breaking the 3rd wall looking at the camera. i think it happens around the time of the killing, not posetive but its there. its more symbolic and metaphoric to kill off the imphant in you that holds you back ( and then he sitting by a child in the backseat seeing himself detached?) plot 4- what i saw in the comments that its more like theory one but instead of him sadly putting his friend out of misery, he kills out of being triggerd in frustration . that for after all this , now hes giving up. like, u bastard how could u let me drag u around this whole time to just give up.... lol all interesting, and makes for a cool movie

[@NessNayii]

Interesting to see you review some none horror content. I quite like certain artier offerings, though I think perhaps this one isn't for me.

[@Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk]

It was horror if it was a murder. Matt's Jerry knowing he could make it. And if he wanted Casey dead, he toyed with him.

[@NocturnalHorrors]

I do remember seeing this waaaaay waaaaay back. But not too much stayed with me. 🤷‍♂️

[@RottedReviews]

To be fair, there's not much there to stay with anyone.

[@Jeaniesunshine-fb5rk]

Other critic says it was a prepared murder.

[@bengrimm_up_all_night]

I'm pretty sure you didn't like it . . .

[@RottedReviews]

I DON'T KNOW!!!

[@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782]

It sucks. I couldn't watch it through. They don't show how they tried to survive, not even cutting a cactus. The horror of the movie was for the viewers.

[@spiderwebb89]

💯🎉🎉🎉 good review.

[@RottedReviews]

Thank you muchly!

[@sergedenovo2389]

What was the point????! It was one of the dumbest movies I’ve EVER seen. And I’ve seen a lot.

[@deborahpalacios6342]

i admit i fast forwarded the movie..and why didnt they backtrack or follow their footprints back to the car smh

[@ThatOneWeirdChannell]

because it was planned murder. but not a murder. think about it. this isa boring movie but so much happened.