The Grey review

Oh, The Grey...I feel like I will have to defend you for the next ten-twenty years of my life. At least that's how long I'm expecting it will take for all the fucking mouth breather's to grow up and mature to the point where they can establish that either:

1. They watched a movie that they can't understand (which is sad, btw).

OR,

2. They forget about their idiotic problems with it.

To be fair, the Grey was NOT advertised properly. It was shown to be a Man versus Nature/Gigantic Wolf Pack action flick that it really is not.

Instead, it's an almost arthouse-style film that deals more heavily with Man versus God and Faith while the Elements take their toll. There are constant questions about God, faith, and fate that are relevant to our every day existence but put into such a scope that the issues at hand become all the more important because time is short. One way or another, these men know that Death is coming...unless they fight...and even then, there are NO guarantees. The men in this movie are not just being stalked by wolves and the cold, but by time, carelessness, insecurity, a lifetime of regret, and ultimately...fear. There is such a perseverance of depth within this movie that it astounds me it actually found financing.

No wonder it was sold as an action movie, because if the advertising executives had been honest, they probably could not have sold this movie as successfully as they have.

I'm going to say practically nothing about the story because this is one of those movies that has very little plot and is more about the characters, their relationships, and the subtleties that lie within the situation and how that makes everyone feel and ultimately what they do about it and/or how they handle it.

It's this simple...go in to this movie expecting Liam Neeson to Taken-like kill the shit out of some wolves...you will be disappointed.

Rather, go into this movie with an open-mind. Prepare to learn something about the nature of Men and realize that this is a well-crafted story with very good actor's telling a tale about survival and more importantly the question of why to continue trying to survive when all life keeps handing you is lemons.

Do you fight for every second for what's after this life? IS there anything after this life? If there's something better, why fight so hard? And most importantly, WHY do WE FIGHT?

Liam Neeson has my vote for a 2012 Best Actor nom...which OF COURSE he won't get.

 
8 / 10