I loved Boyhood.
The thing is - there is no storyline.
It's just like life itself, things just happen. Sometimes there is a connection to something that happened earlier, sometimes there isn't.
Everyday family life, little things that make up a day, a week, a year. People grow, mature, get older.
Life itself.
I saw it last summer, I'd like to see it again if I get a chance.
Yeap. No loud explosions. No special effects. No aliens or super heros. Just a portrait of the things we do daily to survive, grow, change... and just be. Mason's taking those photos at the end was very important...
Nope. It's not everyone's cup of tea... Either you "get it" or you do not.. No harm, no foul. Just like many people did not "get" BBM, but it kicked some of us hard, Boyhood did this to me again.
Many elements here remind me of the similar struggle between Jack and Ennis over those decades - just to seize the moments, or have them seize you, to dare to dream, to dare to love, to dare to have that "cow and calf operation...", to dare to follow thru on a commitment (Jack's ashes), .......... V.