Masked Anonymous | | Cast : | Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz, John Goodman, Jessica Lange, Luke Wilson | | Director : | Larry Charles | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | January 01, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | September 13, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | IT'S AAWWWWFFFUUUULLLL!!!!!!!! | Content
 | This just has to be the worst movie ever made. Why then, you may ask, are you giving it five stars? Because, my simple friends, it is HILARIOUS! Honestly, it is so hysterical in its shameless badness I was in stitches throughout the whole thing. And Dylan's voice! It was BAD! And didn't you just love his acting when the kid on the train got shot? His expression never changes. I swear; he looks over his shoulder then looks forward again and it NEVER CHANGES. HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Bob has done WAAAAYYY too much acid.
I leave you with a few quotes I actually took time and energy to commit to memory: "...I feel like a man who has lived 10000 years, has 17 senses and is standing knee-deep in the Atlantic..." "...they tell you life is pointless, that gravity is meaningless..." "Violence is the only tool in their box. You can't build a house with only one tool. Well, I have a tool TOO!" (Walks outside with M16 and is promptly killed by the "rebel insurgents".) |
| Rating | | | Date | May 04, 2005 | | Summary | Contrived crap | Content
| If you like Dylan, you'll probably love this. If you like good movies, you'll hate it. This is a typical confusing, self-indulgent, "message" movie. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your time watching this garbage. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 15, 2005 | | Summary | Bob at his finest | Content
| Wow, what a movie. This movie is like following Dylan in some alternate reality. Part science fiction, part social and political commentary, part comedy, part music documentary. The supporting cast is brilliant with excelent preformances by Lang and Goodman. Dylan delivers in a deadpan style that really works. He comes across as part prophet, part drifter, and the only reasonably sane person in the movie. If you like Dylan, you'll like this movie. The music was fantastic too (a rendition of the folk song Diamond Joe stands out for me as one of the highlights) |
| Rating | | | Date | December 19, 2004 | | Summary | Anothe Excellent Work, But In A New Medium | Content
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If you are familiar with Bob Dylan's history and the songs he wrote, you will understand that "Masked and Anonymous" was not intended to be typical Hollywood fare. Dylan continues to express himself, but this time in a movie. "Masked and Anonymous" is just the type of movie I would expect from Dylan; it is excellent! He made the movie to express his viewpoint and to show his style of moviemaking. There is a message in the movie just as there are messages in his songs. The movie was not intended to be a huge commercial success, just as he never wrote a song intending it to be a huge commercial success.
Keep in mind Dylan has received two honorary PhD's including one from Princeton. He has also been nominated many times for the Nobel Prize in Literature and Poetry. If you want lighthearted top 40 tunes or cookie cutter box office success movies, look elsewhere.
I also highly recommend Dylan's new autobiography "Chronicles." |
| Rating | | | Date | December 12, 2004 | | Summary | It's simple... | Content
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Intelligent people will appreciate, maybe even love, this movie. Those of lesser intelligence will be bored and confused, as the film is dense with symbolism and thematic storytelling rather than popular, "traditional" storytelling.
For Dylan fans, this is a must. |
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