Last Days (2005)

never receieved

I am yet to receive this product. I'm sure the movie is amazing, but I'm still waiting to get it. August 3, 2008

boring

i was expecting at least a pace that would keep me until the end but nada...except the costumes the movie was blank for me June 30, 2008

Last Days

I really liked this movie. Although we may never know what actually happened to Kurt in his last days it was good to see an emotional idea of what may have occurred. This movie is for someone who is familiar with Kurt's story or it may not make any sense to you at all. June 8, 2008

Interesting methodology, Uninteresting result

As others have commented, the dreary humdrum of "Last Days" feels more authentic (and sad) than a typical Hollywood rendering of the same. I suppose there is art in the sheer guts to make a portrayal so bleak, so real. But having said that, to want to invest 90 minutes of one's time in such a story, one has to actually care about the protagonists. In this case, there isn't any set-up, no reason to care. In fact, I found myself actively disliking, even loathing the characters (all of them). When the end came, I just didn't care anymore. If this were really what Cobain became like, then his death wasn't a tragedy. It was a blessing.

Postscript: it would be nice to see van Sant make a movie that identifies with real human beings rather than the drugged characatures of Last Days or My Own Private Idaho. Those folks . . . just let them die. We don't need them here.
May 1, 2008

spectacular!

Being a big fan of kurt cobain, and the legacy of Nirvana itself, i was very skeptical about this film.
to be quite honest, i've never heard of it before, i just saw it by accident on TV on a friday night.
well, let me tell you a few things about it.
first of all, NO ONE could play this role, other than Michael Pitt. in this film, pitt became cobain, he was him, and even SOUNDED like him...its amazing! the things is, cobain's face were much more raw and rough, while pitt is infact a pretty boy, full lips, soft eyes... so, here comes the brilliancy of this film, his face are actually hardly shown to us throughout the entire film. we see his posture, hear his silent low voice, his bent shoulders, the way he does his hair, wear his clothes (too many layers), the way he walks... and we BELIEVE its authentity. we see and feel Kurt Cobain in this BLAKE guy, the one in the movie.

second thing is, the photography is BRILLAINT, and beautiful. blake is being swallowed by all that nature surrounding him, the big space of the house, looks so cold and dirty, while the camera often lingers on his lonely moments of a pause in time, a reccess from life, in fact.

however, while the story line is based on true events, the characters that blake's surrounded by, are fiction, so as some of the events in the film. its probably not so far from reality though, and we realise those people are there only to fill in the void. the story thats being told here, is kurt's last days at his house, after escaping reharb, away from his daughter and his wife, away from his band mates and celeb life, away from all of it. he is shuttered, he is alone but not lonely, because he NEEDS no one in this days, but being alone. he is away with his mind, dissconnected, unattached.
thats the true story here, and everything around it really doesnt matter.

This are the last days of kurt cobain. its not an action feature. people who cannot appriciate art, will not like this film.
nothing much happens here. blake walks around the house, blacks out, wearing dresses (courtney's?...), mumbling things when is talked to, or avoiding any conversation at all, hiding... untill his death.
April 18, 2008

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