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"I'm very fond of you, Jesse"
May. 21st, 2012 08:13 pmWatching a new Jesse Stone movie is like hanging out with a bunch of old friends you love but haven't seen for a while.
There are things to be expected so you can re-connect and feel "at home": Jesse being his melancholy self; his wearing blue-jeans (I've missed those long legs of Tom Sellecks'!) and a blue hat with PPD on it; the slow pace of the show, its parsimonious dialogues and its water-y musical theme; Reggie being the most beautiful and perceptive dog on tv and Jesse's true soul mate or is alter-ego; Jesse encouraging Reggie to jump onto the bed and the dog refusing such intimacy or commitment; Jesse drinking and asking Reggie "what are you looking at" or insisting that people say his first name when talking to him; Jessie having an affair with a woman way too young for him and flirting with a few others; Dr Dix, played by the awesome William Devane, being his awesome self and exchanging with Jesse memorable lines; Jesse visiting gangster Gino Fish who's always so polite with him; Hasty turning off his bow blinky or his line"I'm very fond of you Jesse"...
All those recurring things make the Jesse Stone "little music", and it never gets old. It is not a gimmick, it's being in a comfy chair and having a glass of fine whiskey in your hand while listening to a beloved piece.
The Jesse Stone movies aren't really about mysteries or cop work, even though there's always a case to solve. The true mysteries are all the characters who are familiar enough for the viewers to care and yet still a bit enigmatic to fit in the atmosphere; and first and foremost, Jesse himself. Tom Selleck is so good at playing Stone that I forgive him for the shitty "Blue Blood". May he go on making lots of money with that poorly written cop show so he can put money on the Jesse Stone movies (which he has done, apparently, for the last four!).
This new movie, "Benefit of the Doubt" was the right mix of familiar things and advances, mostly on the side of Jesse's private life (both with women and with Reggie!) and concerning the shady and clownish Hasty.
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There are things to be expected so you can re-connect and feel "at home": Jesse being his melancholy self; his wearing blue-jeans (I've missed those long legs of Tom Sellecks'!) and a blue hat with PPD on it; the slow pace of the show, its parsimonious dialogues and its water-y musical theme; Reggie being the most beautiful and perceptive dog on tv and Jesse's true soul mate or is alter-ego; Jesse encouraging Reggie to jump onto the bed and the dog refusing such intimacy or commitment; Jesse drinking and asking Reggie "what are you looking at" or insisting that people say his first name when talking to him; Jessie having an affair with a woman way too young for him and flirting with a few others; Dr Dix, played by the awesome William Devane, being his awesome self and exchanging with Jesse memorable lines; Jesse visiting gangster Gino Fish who's always so polite with him; Hasty turning off his bow blinky or his line"I'm very fond of you Jesse"...
All those recurring things make the Jesse Stone "little music", and it never gets old. It is not a gimmick, it's being in a comfy chair and having a glass of fine whiskey in your hand while listening to a beloved piece.
The Jesse Stone movies aren't really about mysteries or cop work, even though there's always a case to solve. The true mysteries are all the characters who are familiar enough for the viewers to care and yet still a bit enigmatic to fit in the atmosphere; and first and foremost, Jesse himself. Tom Selleck is so good at playing Stone that I forgive him for the shitty "Blue Blood". May he go on making lots of money with that poorly written cop show so he can put money on the Jesse Stone movies (which he has done, apparently, for the last four!).
This new movie, "Benefit of the Doubt" was the right mix of familiar things and advances, mostly on the side of Jesse's private life (both with women and with Reggie!) and concerning the shady and clownish Hasty.
( Read more... )