SFIAAFF: “Glory Boy Days”
Mar 19th, 2008 by dino-ray
Glory Boy Days is a representation of twentysomethings of the 21st century. Directed by Paul Encinas, the movie follows a clan of troublemaking Gen Y’ers (or are they Z’ers? or maybe they are considered the blogging generation…whatever) over the course of 24 hours as they party, complain, makeout, drink, do drugs, bicker and all those other youthful antics.
Focusing most of its energy on Lando (Jared Mendiola), an aspiring filmmaker who goes from party to party while his parents give him shit about his direction in life. I think a lot of people can relate to that.
What I liked: The gritty, raw reality-show esque style captures the attitude of the film very well. The subject matter is definitely alive and well in today’s youth. For the most part, it translates well. Oh yeah, there’s one b-boy scene that amps things up.
What I didn’t like: Most of my attention was on Lando’s story, but it also follows two other characters who’s personalities weren’t strong enough for me to remember. At times, the story got muddled and left me bored and cinematically flaccid. Bottom line: it’s a movie about the semi-wreckless behavior of out-of-college and out-of-work young suburbanites, but it didn’t captivate me enough to actually care about the characters.
My rating: There was an imbalance between execution of content and the visual appeal and because of that I give it a “C+”.
[...] Glory Boy Days is a representation of twentysomethings of the 21st century. Directed by Paul Encinas, the movie follows a clan of troublemaking Gen Y’ers (or are they Z’ers? or maybe they are considered the blogging generation…whatever) over the course of 24 hours as they party, complain, makeout, drink, do drugs, bicker and all those other youthful antics. Click here to read more [...]