I'm Still Here

experience. But I did watch it intently, wondering what I was supposed to get out of it. I did get that the life of a celebrity is like walking a tight rope. It is certainly dangerous to one's mental health. It is essential to have loyal and supportive friends. The movie shows the horror side of fame. Casey Affleck does a good job making this look like a documentary. JP is great as a successful and yet desperado actor turning rap singer. I was left wondering if the interactions of the players and the deal-making portrayed are an accurate depiction of Hollywood. One strange omission is that the main character is shown doing many things but never shown eating. He seems to gain weight during the filming but he is never shown eating a morsel of food. It would have been more humanizing if it had been shown. It's definitely worth watching.

This film was a pleasant surprise. Casey Affleck and Phoenix have produced a masterpiece. It is a shame that the film has stirred up so much bad press with one review comparing box office revenue of this film to Casey's brother Ben Affleck's film. It's not too subtle message that his brother's film is somehow superior. I also enjoyed Ben's film however they are different entities, being the difference of chalk and cheese, of comparing apples to oranges. I love the loose documentary style and excellent motivated editing. The film also has a wonderful denouement, where several scenes appear to have little to no action. A ferry crossing where two men share a quiet beer. A father and son that sit at a table and say nothing. They are scenes with little action but speaks volumes to the underlying story.

Phoenix tried to start a rap career with this documentary because it was as he put it going to be "epic" The documentary was real.. as a human being Phoenix is a joke. How insulting that he thinks he can just pick up a mic and start a rap career. Doesn't he have any respect? He treats the people around him like trash, which is what he thinks of himself. Affleck's career is over. He published the documentary to make money which is why he included all of the bad things. Phoenix is embarrassed and should retire to go and pump gasoline. His thinks he's so important. Just a hollow shell now. Too much drugs. Drop of water!? what an idiot.

Did you count how many F... Mr. I'm Still Here tells on the movie? It was hard to see it, because of the emptiness of the subject. I did not know him and from now on I will prefer to get away from such lack of culture. This is a movie for a certain kind of adolescents. Actually, this cannot be called a "movie". They ask me to write 10 lines of a review, but I cannot since I have nothing more to tell about what I saw. Better than to cote a song from Madonna: Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me I think they're okay If they don't give me proper credit I just walk away They can beg and they can plead But they can't see the light, that's right, that's right 'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash Is always Mister Right 'Cause we are living in a material world And I am a material girl You know that we are living in a material world And I am a material girl

This is a film, as other reviewers have pointed out, about a celebrity obsessed culture, addictive personality disorders, and, in a world possessed by possessing, the need to find real meaning and self-worth from within. It is also about empathy, what can happen when we lose it, and the tendency we social animals have to project upon others the fears, failures, guilt, and misgivings we have about ourselves. It plays with how the entertainment industry's PR machine feeds on our insatiable appetite to be popular and loved, and unfolds to reveal that nobody can ever escape one's own vulnerability. Under it's skin, Phoenix and Affleck have made a deeply personal and intimate movie that resonates as loudly and softly as the voices you can hear within when you're alone with yourself at the end of the day. Highly recommend it.

Huge trip of Casey Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix who decided to film in this mockumentary the fake career change of JP, from the movie set to the recording booths as an apprentice rapper. Now that everyone knows this was a hoax, the movie becomes pretty much pointless and will only be remembered for a few memorable scenes like the final rap at the nightclub and the fake fight that followed. Still, this movie should be seen at least once for the rather incredible performance of the actor who had to embody his role of a wannabe rapper for a year and a half on each public appearance which might have been his most difficult and greatest role to date.

Though lacking direction at times, ISM contains somewhat of a soul through Phoenix and his heartfelt, self centered rants. Better yet, it offers a brief glimpse into the chaotic life of a character of his stature and that in its self is entertaining.

Easy to say this film seems cheap at first glance but those that believe that must be shaded, the jaded can not see that this film is intended to weed out the weak. We have all fallen victim to this priceless portrayal as once again we see the man who scribes against the grain - and thus we see that we are the imbecile all along. We realize that all along we plot against the ones that strive to evolve and then, we are to be left wondering why we did, why did we plot it in the face of genius.