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A True Super-Hero!, 30 January 2005
Author:
adam_mar from United States
Throughout the years, people have read dozens of comic books:
Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, The Green Latern, X-Men, Hulk, etc.,
looking for escape from reality, but at the same time, looking for a
relation from those books. With "American Splendor" on the other hand,
it's quite a different comic book. What makes it so special? It's
depicting real life where it shows the character Harvey Pekar in
different situations.
"American Splendor" is a comic/drama biography about the life of Harvey
Pekar(Played by Paul Giamatti) in which the film plays like a comic
book showing scenes that are real and fiction. Even the real Harvey
makes appearances quite often in the film to talk about his life, his
wife(Joyce) and everything that sort of made him the person who he is
today.
Harvey Pekar can be described as one of those characters who don't seem
to give a damn about the world. The reason that I root for this
character is that he's the type person that lives in his own world,
from not giving a crap about the incidents in the world, to not having
a formal college education, to working at a dead end job where in the
future, people are still laughing at him. And yet, I don't blame him. I
am reminded of two other movies that had losers, but made an impact on
male society: "The Big Lebowski" and "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" in
which both male characters didn't have to worry about anything or go
out on dates, or even pleasing society(shame on you, people).
All in All, American Splendor is a great movie. Though the film's
target audience are for guys, I still encourage people to see this
movie. The film also stars, Hope Davis portraying Harvey's wife, Joyce.
One of the Best Films!
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