Joe Versus the Volcano Movie Streaming
Dimanche, avril 18th, 2010 |
Joe Versus the Volcano Movie Streaming.
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The first time I watched this movie, shortly after its release, when I was a small lad, something struck me as “different” about this movie. The direction was good, the plot was VERY simple, and the acting was wonderful, with plenty of comedic and ironic elements.
However after watching it again during my high school years, I remember picking out dozens of metaphorical and symbolic items from the plot. Every evil or destructive force in Joe’s life is symbolized by the company logo that the film features at the beginning, right down to the lightning bolt featured prominently later in the film. The fact that every woman important to Joe is the same girl, the lovely Meg Ryan, carries the theme of recurrence quite well.
To sum it up, Joe is an individual who has died, if not in reality, in spirit, stuck in a dead-end job after personal crises drove him to hypochondria. He discovers he is terminally ill, then is confronted by an eccentric millionare who wants Joe to sacrifice himself to a volcano on a small polynesian island to secure mining rights for his superconductor company. Joe proceeds to go on an endless stream of discovery, realizing that while he may be dying, he was never more alive. The recurring themes in this movie, such as the jagged line logo, Meg Ryan’s appearance, his luggage, and the bizarre but likeable characters he’s confronted with throughout make this movie seem more like a vision quest for Joe than the last few weeks of his life.
The plot is simple, but hides deeper meanings and morals, like any great fairy tale. This is possibly the best movie I have ever seen, and very worthy of purchase.
Now if they’d just put it on DVD.
Tom Hanks gives one of his best comedic performances here as Joe, a hypochondriac who’s led to believe he’s dying from a “Brain Cloud.” So he strikes a bargain in which he gives up his humdrum existence working for an artificial prosthesis factory with loud, buzzing flourescent lighting, to live a life of luxury for several weeks until he is forced to become a human sacrifice by hurling himself into a volcano to appease the gods of an island populated by orange soda drinking natives of a bizarrely comical multi-ethnicity. Somehow it all pulls together.
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Meg Ryan - whom I normally cannot tolerate - here is charming in three different roles.
The great Ossie Davis has a small role as a chauffeur, and, charmer that he is, nearly walks off with the entire movie.
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A delightful sleeper that passed under most people’s raider. Worth a second look.
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