Last year, I reposted an article here about my abiding love for the movie Joe versus the Volcano, with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, who is best know for his play and movie, Doubt. I'd originally written the article in 2008 for the Huffington Post.
I note that life seems to be divided into people who dearly love Joe versus the Volcano, and those who hate it. My long-held theory is that most people who hate the film tend to do so because they miss the point that it is not intended to be seen as realistic, but is actually a fairy tale, which Shanley makes blatantly clear at the very beginning of the movie and the very end. (NOTE: I am not saying people don't have a perfectly good right to hate the film. Of course they do. Just that most people generally hate it because they don't get that it's a fairy tale. If they do understand that and still hate the movie, fine. But most people who do grasp that it's a fairy tale seem to love it profoundly.) I mention this because an article was brought to my attention written two years ago on the RogertEbert.com website by critic Collin Souter. He explains why he not only loves Joe versus the Volcano, but that it's his favorite movie of all time. And does not expect that opinion to change. You can read the article here.
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