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Mathew Lillard's performance was top notch


I've just been recently exposed to SLC punk and I was surprised with the overall depth the film had. I thought entering into this film that it was going to be a mindless trip into the insanely carless world of 80's Anarchists, but soon did I realize that it was much more then that. It exposed the curiosities and worries that comes with the unstable life of 18 year olds. How clueless they really were and clueless everyone was. They searched for chaios, but in the end were just looking for something stable, a life with substance. The arc of Matthew Lillard's character came through really well, the first sense of symplathy I noticed from his character is when he meets up with old punker, Devon Sawa, and he has become a begger a quick look on his face really made you understand that the path where he was leading, held very little hope.

Incredible acting performance by Matthew Lillard, I mean if he begins to grab substansial roles like this in the future...oscar nod, without a doubt. He comes through so realistically, you can't get you're eyes off him. He is so enigmatic and rarely expect what he will do.

Best scene: When Bill, speaks about Ohio and how it is his home and how angry Matthew Lillard gets, incredibley executed

Great film and great actor, Milan

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Good call. It's a great flick and I thought he was super in it as well.

Although actually, it's Bob not Bill, talking about Utah, not Ohio.

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Yes, awesome movie (I just posted this in another thread), but yeah, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN SLC PUNK, YOU SHOULD SEE IT! Definitely his best performance!

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I watched this yesterday and found it a very entertaining and rewarding experience :) this acting was top notch throughout. I'm a little confused by his crying scene though. Not that he did it poorly, contrary he was excellent and very believable, but in the trivia it says he made commentary on having to do it alone in order to think of his father and get that reaction. What the hell happened with him and his father to produce that heartbreaking and pissed off mourning look? I can't find *beep* on the topic.

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Matthew is very close to his parents and he imagined the scene as if he had found his father's body.

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He's making a nice comeback. Always dug the Lillard

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