Die in a Gunfight

Love Alexandra Daddario, hate the movie.

Alexandra Daddario Movie Marathon Movie #2: Not the best movie I've watched but I wouldn't say I wasted my time.

_Die in a Gunfight_ is an uninspired _Romeo & Juliet_ knockoff. After returning from their adventures abroad, the son and daughter of two rival publishing empires rekindle their teenage romance and decide to leave their families and runoff together. Starring Diego Boneta, Alexandra Daddario, Justin Chatwin, and Emmanuelle Chriqui, the cast is fairly impressive, and director Collin Schiffli does some interesting things with animation and narration that gives the film a surreal, storybook feel. However, the characters are all one-dimensional stereotypes and the plot is painfully predictable. Still, there are some fun bits of comedy as well as some exciting action. Yet while it has its moments, _Die in a Gunfight_ is a mediocre and forgettable film.

The movie starts with an horrible narration that sticks through the whole movie, and the problem is not the narration in it self, it is the voice. There are plenty of good narrations like God's voice in Good Omens, that is top notch. The voice of this narrator sounds like an annoying friend trying to tell you a story but he cannot keep you focused enough since he is, simultaneously, bad at telling stories and have a type of voice that urks you. To be fair, it is not the worse narration I've ever heard on a movie/series.

The acting is decent enough to be considered average. The most stiff one was Boneta, while the best one was Fimmel, followed by Daddario. Watching the beginning of the movie I was slightly at the side of the parents. Those that have a certain level of maturity can understand what is wrong about fighting people to get bashed and the danger of such acts, but you start to realize that both "kids"
(Ben and Mary) act out like that because of how their parents treat them.

The one with the least excuse is Ben whom I cannot understand his motivations, [spoiler/] his father is overbearing, but Mary`s parents were way worse. While Mary had her mon basically pushing a scrapbook of her past mistakes "to laugh" + her outright CRIMINAL and overbearing father, Ben`s father is way better in comparison and he still has his loving mother (an enabler of his father, but still loving - it would`ve been better for the plot if his father actually hit her mon. That way it would make sense for why he was acting like a b**ch "I want to be beat up to feel something." geez, that cringe af, you are not Wolverine from Logan). [/spoiler] Mary`s actions are understandable even if you denounce it as bad actions, while Ben sounds like a cringe kid that never grow up from fighting at school.

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I keep imagining a satirical movie where the kids of two families keep acting horrible. They get into a relationship and still act like shit, and things starts to escalate. But the point is that they still have nice boring parents that cannot be the excuse for them being f*ck ups and blaming their upbringing or their parents for being horrible humans. And the point of the family`s opposition to their relationship is because they are toxic af to other and themselves while in the relationship. The end could be either them both dying or... idk, they both should still die because that would send a stronger message about being egotistical f*ck ups.

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The rest of the movie was just mediocre and fine. The couple`s relationship with each other is fine, and I think Daddario and Boneta had good chemistry on the screen, at least good enough for this movie. I could nitpick their reasons for not being able of getting into contact with each other, but forget it, what is even the point (I mean, we have smartphones today, who the f* writes letters and calls on the home telephone? at the end of the day that was just an excuse, a terrible one, but still an excuse for the plot to happen).

The main villain is also forgettable. Not because a stalker cannot be a good villain, but because of how terrible it was written, and perhaps how it was play it out by Chatwin, however I don`t know Chatwin enough to judge his acting. His villain felt... pathetic, but not in a good way like in the show "You".

The music is forgettable.... really, I can`t remember the soundtrack. I guess that shows that it is good enough to tell the story, while not being terrible nor good to be noticeable.

The clothes are fine and nothing exceptional, make up too, though I don`t understand enough about both this fields.

Going back at the beginning, I really like the animation, but I`m biased since I also like such things in movies and series. Though I did`t like the rewind effect before the credits starts showing up at the start. It was pointless. Almost gave be whiplash from showing as it was going backwards in time to just showing Ben and Mukul giving the homeless the coats.


TL;DR - Another run of the mill "Romeo and Juliet" romance where the stories' two main characters cannot be together because of their families rivalry. Think modern Romeo and Juliet (but worse) with a dash of fights, guns and violence. Even if you like the genres, you could still have a bad time, even if the movie have its good moments.

I just say one thing. Very boring narrator.

I just say one thing. Very boring narrator.

I just say one thing. Very boring narrator.

I just say one thing. Fucking boring narrator.

I just say one thing. Fucking boring narrator

I think this movie wanted to find a balance between romance and action, but incredibly manages to fail by not using enough of either.
The romance part is cloying and banal, a real clichè. The action part is weak and boring and the plot is totally inconsistent, as the characters.

some visual gimmicks are nice, but nothing that hasn't already been done.

Pointless and boring, you can easily skip it with no remorse.