Thoughts on Big Kahuna

Overall - the movie was " ok " - not as stupendeous and grand as Aaron made it out to be, and not as " good " as Jimmoi still claims it to be. My main beef is that the characters weren't fleshed out enough. Danny Devito could be argued that he's fleshed out - but thats bullshit because all he plays is the quiet and yet somewhat wise, experienced through life, mentor - so it isn't that he is " fleshed out " in-as-much as he doesn't say much of anything, leaving the viewer to " fill in the details " themselves.

In fact - the MAJORITY of character explinations come through other people ( Spacey about Devito, Devito about Spacey, Christian about Kahuna ) - which gives the film the " ok " quality - but I still believe the characters in-themselves should have been more prominant.

Spacey's character in himself was an enigma merely because he promoted one self towards others - and yet through Devito's character we find that he's entirely different. Now the characters themselves have no correlation with why they are there ( as it is stated many times ) - but they still play a vital part into how you act, and what one does. Spacey's character does actions which in-themselves are entirely unexplainable merely because they seem to be put there to be unexplainable. A " loose cannon " feel is exactly what you're suppose to feel - because it isnt that " nobody knows where he's going " but rather " the author doesnt know where he's going ".

The Christian depicted in this film I guess brings feelings of spite out from Jimmoi. He was hypocritical, judging spacey's character - but if you think about it - Spacey's character threw himself into the judgement light - specifically saying " If Jesus saw a woman in a buisness suit maybe the whole idealogy would be different " and other such things. I don't think that he is meant to be hypocritical in-as-much as Spacey's character is hypocritical in always speaking about adultry - yet never having commited it / and Devito's character in " not caring / giving up " and yet giving advice to a young man. They're all hypocrits - We all are.

My biggest dissapointment was The Kahuna. Always it is stated " he wanted to be left alone " and " his dog died " ... that is the extent that we know of him - and to some further extent : all that Spacey and Devito know of him as well. The viewer is left not with a view of " The big picture " but rather stuck with the two/three characters in a world where still nothing makes sense - and that people are just functions. It isnt profound. It isnt moving. It just seems to be.

Big Lebowski is moving, and profound. It shows an external view of " the big picture ". The same with Slacker. The same with The Game, and Pi. This movie wasnt moving at all. It was bearable, ok, and a movie that one could easily watch without getting confused thinking to themselves " Will Kevin Spacey Play the same damn character again or will he not? "

also.
this is a picture of the two women I will be fucking tonight.
yes, both at the same time.
In fact, they're here right now... oh! wait honies, i'll be right there!
g'nite fellas,
dont you wish you were me?