If you had actually bothered to watch the movie, you'd fully understand
exactly why it is that Willard shuns Big Ben, and you'd realise exactly
why
Willard ends up in a mental asylum. And I'll give you a hint, Willard is
perfectly sane when he's in the asylum.
Try actually watching the movie properly so you know what you're talking
about before you submit half-assed, over opinionated, non-objective movie
reviews, and as Jumpkick said, don't spoil the movie for those who haven't
seen it yet.
"zalzon" <zalzonishappy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.06.04.21.25.01.960095@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi, this is my review of the movie Williard which I submitted to
> rec.arts.movies.reviews today.
>
> ------------------
>
> Williard (2003)
>
> Rating : *** out of 5
>
> actors : Crispin Glover
> R. Lee Emery
> Lots of rats
>
> Williard could be described as a modern day version of the children's
> fable "The Pide-Piper". Its a remake of a 70s movie of the same name.
>
> Williard (played by Crispin Glover) is a timid middle aged man suffering
> loneliness and battles low-self esteem. He takes care of his sick &
> deranged mother while working a dead end job with an abusive boss Frank
> Martin (played by R. Lee Emery). The company Williard works for was
> originally built by his father who committed suicide perhaps under
> pressure to sell the business to the unscrupulous Frank Martin.
Likewise,
> the boss now wants the Williard's family home for real estate
development
> and puts Williard under enormous pressure to sell it to him.
>
> The movie starts out with Williard setting store-bought rodent traps in
> his basement. In one incident, he finds a white rat scurrying around
with
> its legs stuck to a sticky rodent trap and decides to spare its life.
He
> names the rat "Socrates".
>
> After a particularly nasty workday, Williard discovers his pide-piper
like
> abilities while sitting depressed in his basement. He finds that he is
> able to instruct a hoard of rats to do his bidding with simple commands
> which they obey.
>
> Among the army of rodents, Williard discovers a huge, brown rat who he
> names Big Ben. Ben is ****trayed as a natural-born leader of rodents yet
> finds his authority snubbed by Williard who has a clear preference &
> affection for Socrates. Ben however remains loyal to Williard despite
the
> lack of respect & recognition he feels he is due. Together they cause a
> little well deserved mayhem for Williard's boss by having the rodents
> slash the tires on his new car.
>
> After a terrible series of events where Williard's mother dies and he is
> left saddled with debts. Williard sinks into a depression and almost
> commits suicide just like his father did. Even more pressure is piled
on
> him when his evil boss Frank Martin fires him. His boss makes no secret
> of the fact that he wants Williard to sell him his house. At about this
> time when Williard finally caves in and begs for his job, an employee
> discovers Socrates scurrying around at the workplace and he is killed
> gleefully by the boss Frank Martin. This is the lowest point in the
movie
> for Williard and the viewer does feel a great deal of his pain and
> suffering. He is at breaking point.
>
> In revenge, Williard teams up with Ben and takes on his abusive boss who
> is torn to pieces by an army of rodents. It is at this time where
> inexplicably, Williard decides to betray Ben and shuns him. Exactly why
> this is so is not clearly explained and to the viewer it seems like an
> illogical turn of events. My best guess is that Williard's mentality
has
> been corrupted by the events he's had to go through. In essence, he has
> become uncaring and unscrupulous just like his (late) boss.
>
> After building up sympathy for Williard, the viewer has to throw all
that
> away and switch his/her sympathy to the betrayed rat Ben. The climax
> ends in a battle between Ben and Williard where Ben is injured & killed
> while Williard ends up in a mental asylum.
>
> In my opinion, Williard is a movie worth watching. It has excellent
> acting performance by Glover, Lee and even the rodents. Its filmed
quite
> well. The storyline/script could have been better. The script writer
> clearly aimed to deliver a Hitchcock style unexpected twist at the end.
> However since reasons for the betrayl of Ben are not explained, the
viewer
> is left a little alienated. The undercurrent of dark humour is not
> fully exploited nor does the movie inject any sense of suspense or
horror.
> It did however keep me entertained and the actors and set did draw me
in.
>
> Its a pity Williard did not do well at the box office but if you are
> looking for something different, watch it.Williard (2003)
>
> Rating : *** out of 5
>
> actors : Crispin Glover
> R. Lee Emery
> Lots of rats
>
> Williard could be described as a modern day version of the children's
> fable "The Pide-Piper". Its a remake of a 70s movie of the same name.
>
> Williard (played by Crispin Glover) is a timid middle aged man suffering
> loneliness and battles low-self esteem. He takes care of his sick &
> deranged mother while working a dead end job with an abusive boss Frank
> Martin (played by R. Lee Emery). The company Williard works for was
> originally built by his father who committed suicide perhaps under
> pressure to sell the business to the unscrupulous Frank Martin.
Likewise,
> the boss now wants the Williard's family home for real estate
development
> and puts Williard under enormous pressure to sell it to him.
>
> The movie starts out with Williard setting store-bought rodent traps in
> his basement. In one incident, he finds a white rat scurrying around
with
> its legs stuck to a sticky rodent trap and decides to spare its life.
He
> names the rat "Socrates".
>
> After a particularly nasty workday, Williard discovers his pide-piper
like
> abilities while sitting depressed in his basement. He finds that he is
> able to instruct a hoard of rats to do his bidding with simple commands
> which they obey.
>
> Among the army of rodents, Williard discovers a huge, brown rat who he
> names Big Ben. Ben is ****trayed as a natural-born leader of rodents yet
> finds his authority snubbed by Williard who has a clear preference &
> affection for Socrates. Ben however remains loyal to Williard despite
the
> lack of respect & recognition he feels he is due. Together they cause a
> little well deserved mayhem for Williard's boss by having the rodents
> slash the tires on his new car.
>
> After a terrible series of events where Williard's mother dies and he is
> left saddled with debts. Williard sinks into a depression and almost
> commits suicide just like his father did. Even more pressure is piled
on
> him when his evil boss Frank Martin fires him. His boss makes no secret
> of the fact that he wants Williard to sell him his house. At about this
> time when Williard finally caves in and begs for his job, an employee
> discovers Socrates scurrying around at the workplace and he is killed
> gleefully by the boss Frank Martin. This is the lowest point in the
movie
> for Williard and the viewer does feel a great deal of his pain and
> suffering. He is at breaking point.
>
> In revenge, Williard teams up with Ben and takes on his abusive boss who
> is torn to pieces by an army of rodents. It is at this time where
> inexplicably, Williard decides to betray Ben and shuns him. Exactly why
> this is so is not clearly explained and to the viewer it seems like an
> illogical turn of events. My best guess is that Williard's mentality
has
> been corrupted by the events he's had to go through. In essence, he has
> become uncaring and unscrupulous just like his (late) boss.
>
> After building up sympathy for Williard, the viewer has to throw all
that
> away and switch his/her sympathy to the betrayed rat Ben. The climax
> ends in a battle between Ben and Williard where Ben is injured & killed
> while Williard ends up in a mental asylum.
>
> In my opinion, Williard is a movie worth watching. It has excellent
> acting performance by Glover, Lee and even the rodents. Its filmed
quite
> well. The storyline/script could have been better. The script writer
> clearly aimed to deliver a Hitchcock style unexpected twist at the end.
> However since reasons for the betrayl of Ben are not explained, the
viewer
> is left a little alienated. The undercurrent of dark humour is not
> fully exploited nor does the movie inject any sense of suspense or
horror.
> It did however keep me entertained and the actors and set did draw me
in.
>
> Its a pity Williard did not do well at the box office but if you are
> looking for something different, watch it.
>
>
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