The Hero (2017)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Too much of everything

Thanks for the memories!

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Sam Elliott plays Lee Hayden, a dying actor who's struggling to deal with his mortality. I've never watched a Sam Elliott movie until the day I saw, The Hero. I've seen him in other stuff, but I've just never watched him as the lead in a movie before is all I'm saying.Sam Elliott is great in The Hero, he owns the screen with his acting and his voice. This man has the most awesome voice I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. The opening scene alone got me hooked into Elliott's character and the film.Lee is trying to come to terms with his past. On occasion, Lee goes out to the ocean and gazes upon its beauty. Lee also has some bad dreams that pretty much keep him from getting a good night sleep.Nick Offerman plays Jeremy who is a close friend of Lee's. Lee and Jeremy occasionally hang-out and smoke joints together. I enjoyed all of their scenes together, there's nothing like kicking back and having your best friend by your side. Also, Offerman and Elliott had good on-screen chemistry.Laura Prepon plays Charlotte, Lee's love interest, and I believed them as a couple. Prepon is mostly known from That 70's Show and Orange is the new black, she completely severs her 70's show character here, she becomes her own person, and she proves that she can be a fierce actor.Krysten Ritter plays Lucy Hayden and her character is the weakest link. Ritter delivers a decent enough performance, but she's not giving a whole lot of material to work with to showcase her range here.The Hero is a straight-forward movie about having emotional moments of clarity during tough times. I like The Hero, the musical choices are great, the scenery is beautiful, the relationships are good, the pacing is great, and Sam Elliott owns the screen with his voice and presence.For a more in-depth review, check out my video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78HjTnCIFv4

10/24/17. I suppose you have to be of a certain age to watch these movies about people at the end of their lives, knocking on death's door AND not get too depressed. I am always hopeful for a hopeful ending, but sadly that is never the case. Still, this movie is worth watching because Elliot is so soulful and manages to pull it off - you feel for him, and you WANT so badly for him to live forever. Prepon adds a nice touch as a somewhat younger woman in love with Elliot.

Films are such downers these days.Old guy gets diagnosed with aggressive cancer inexplicably attracts a woman 30 or so years younger than him Nothing else happens.I appreciate good acting, but it needs to be a good experience.If you want to see an entertaining and moving film about getting old then see 'Last cab to Darwin'...

A fine little movie with a great cast and a superb tone of melancholy. A little love story, aging, death, loneliness, reconciliation, and the trial about one's life's achievements - The Hero is a quiet movie with all the great themes of human existence. Sam Elliot plays the lead just exquisite and convincing, and the performances of his side-kicks Laura Prepon, Krysten Ritter and Nick Offerman give him a lot to work with and the right canvas for his play. The Hero is an emotional, sad and contemplative movie with some bright spots and fine humor refined with some poetic works by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Alone the reading of the poem Dirge Without Music by Laura Prepon at the end of the movie... A movie for a mature audience.