A Simple Plan

To be honest, when we first started this movie, I didn't like it. It was just too slow and uninteresting. Ever since we finished it, I've been trying to figure out how I feel about it.

I've decided. I wasn't really fond of it, but I wouldn't say it was horrible. I enjoy the Macbeth overtones it employs, especially when it came to Sarah. The character of Jacob was very interesting - he seemed to be a bit of a loser at first, but he was not as stupid as he seemed. He's pretty much the only character we can relate to since he's basically not plotting things, but going along with the plots for the sake of his feelings rather than greed. Sure, he wants to buy the farm back, but it's propelled more by emotion than by a sense of greed. However, that's where the praise stops. The other characters were just completely bland to me. There was literally nothing that made me actually want to watch what happened to them. If we had stopped in the middle and not watched the rest, frankly I wouldn't have cared. It just wasn't interesting enough for me to actually enjoy watching it. I do admit that it slowly started to pick up and later was at a better pace by the end of the movie. I found that around the time where Hank killed Lou (I believe that was his name?) and his wife it started to get interesting, but it didn't get too interesting by the end of the movie.

Overall, not that good, but not bad. Just a bit too bland for me.