Over the last week or so, I watched 4 heist movies, one of my favorite genres of film. I thought I’d share my brief reactions to them and get your thoughts in case you’ve seen them.
Bottle Rocket: This is one of Wes Anderson’s early films, and his special sense of humor is on full display. I enjoyed the love story more than the heist, though, as the heist itself is a minor part of the film.
Point Break: While there are a few quick heists in this movie, they’re just quick bank robberies. However, for a movie made nearly 30 years ago, it holds up as extremely well directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and it’s quite entertaining. There are two breathtaking skydiving scenes.
Infinity War: This movie is many things, but I think one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much is that the running plot thread is about how Thanos steals/obtains the infinity gems. I saw this a second time last week, this time in a theater where they turn off the lights and have proper volume levels, and it solidified how much I enjoy it.
Logan Lucky: Despite the stellar cast and direction by Soderbergh (the director of Ocean’s Eleven), I overlooked this movie when it was in theaters because of the weird title and because it was billed as a bumbling heist movie. Don’t let the marketing fool you: This is one of the smartest heists in any movie, ever. The heist itself takes nearly half the movie (not the setup for the heist–the actual heist in motion), and I was riveted for every moment of it. If you like heist movies and you haven’t seen Logan Lucky, I highly recommend it.
Have you seen any of these films? I still need to watch Heat.
Oh! I promised a kitten. Here’s Biddy on the couch next to me an hour ago.
Yes! Logan Lucky was so great. Every great heist movie has the twist where everything looks like it’s going wrong, but it’s actually how they planned it all along. What makes a great heist movie is when you know that going in, and it still surprises you. This one did that in spades. Great character acting all the way around too.
“What makes a great heist movie is when you know that going in, and it still surprises you.” I agree 100%!
I totally clicked on the link because it said “Kitten”. 😀
As always, you delivered!