Since it's been a while since I laid out my vision for this blog, I'll refresh everyone's memory. In posts filed under "On Second Thought," I've planned to re-watch a movie I haven't seen in some time and reflect on whether it's improved with age. For the inaugural "On Second Thought" post, I've chosen The Proposition, the 2006 hyper-violent Australian western directed by John Hillcoat.
I know, I know, this is a random choice and most of you probably don't even remember hearing about this movie. I'll try to pick more widely seen movies in the future.
I saw The Proposition only once. I actually remember a surprising number of details about the day I went to see the movie in the theater way back in the spring of 2006. But, when I re-watched it last month, I realized that I'd basically forgotten the entire plot. I remembered the movie as being extremely and brutally violent and a slow-burn thematic movie that succeeded more in terms of tone and mood than anything else. On that count, my memory wasn't far off.
