Patterson

I don’t want to say the movie was bad, because technically it was not, but I was bored out of my mind.

It was the longest week in the history of long weeks as we spend one with Paterson, a bus driver from…Paterson New Jersey.

I’m sure if you are from Paterson the movie could be a very lovely treat as Patterson the bus driver travels all over the town Paterson, and you might catch a glimpse of the neighborhood that you live in or a store you past by.

I did like the segments that happen as Paterson drove his bus through Paterson. He would ease drop on the passengers who all had some witty and interesting conversations about their life. Like these two guys who were trying to prove how alpha male they are to each other.

Paterson’s job is interesting in it’s mundane-ness. I’m sure every person works with that one guy who seems to load all his problems on if you just say hi to him in passing. I know I do and so does Paterson, which made for some funny moments in the film.

Paterson has a pretty hot wife who is an artist and expresses herself freely throughout the house , with every piece of furniture, clothing and food having her signature creative style, and she tries her best to have Paterson express what she deeply sees in him through his poetry.

I did like the poetry moments with star Adam Driver narrating the writing as if though he was reading it thinking it and writing it all at the same time.

Then Paterson likes to go to the local bar Shades where the bartender gives him the low down on who’s who and who was in Paterson New Jersey, referring to his wall of famous people places and things in the area.

In Jim Jarmusch attempt to create a character we can all relate to he succeeded, but he also succeeded in putting me to sleep.

I’ve seen Jarmusch tackle the mundane better in films like Mystery Train, so I know he can do it, but I feel Jarmusch maybe patting himself on the back the way we all have been patting him on the back for years over his brilliance. It’s like M. Night Shyamalan doing The Lady in the Water after his ego was stroked too many times

See Jarmusch documentary Gimme Danger instead.