The Bling Ring is Sofia Coppola’s stylish and relevant look at how the idolatry of celebrity begat a special breed of brat, whose belief that to live like the kings and queens of materialism is to steal from their palaces.
LRA writes: With the San Diego Comic Con wrapping up this past weekend, we had a little more news to cover this week which has resulted in a rather long episode. Combine that with our full reviews for "Only God Forgives", "The Bling Ring", "R.I.P.D." and "The Conjuring" and you have yourself one helluva jam packed episode. Oh, and James chimes in with his thoughts on "Sharknado" and trust me, you don't want to miss it. Featured music this week is from musicalley.com and the artist "Andrea Harper".
Clickonline writes: "The Bling Ring is an empty film about empty people, hollow shells gorging themselves vicariously on celebrity to give their sheltered and perfect lives some sense of excitement. But without any attempt to contextualise or condemn their actions, the movie ultimately runs the risk of turning them into the stars they think they are."
Independent Cinema writes: The Bling Ring could quite easily exist in a time capsule to represent the past decade, alongside Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers. The attack on obsession over celebrity culture is meticulously put at the forefront of Sofia Coppola’s latest directorial effort. The problems that surface from The Bling Ring can be attributed directly with the positioning of the message, because it plays out more like a piece of propaganda than anything else. When it works, it works really well, but Coppola doesn’t exercise restraint, which unfortunately results in an unearned 90-minute runtime and a film that is hard to watch without wanting to hit fast-forward.
I saw the movie and I actually liked it, I must say that it isn't for anyone over the age of 25 however for my generation (I'm 18) I must say there's a life lesson. My generation is so obsessed with this fabulous lifestyle. We desire money and fame and clothes and shoes, paparazzi, and all that and that's what these kids wanted that's what they desired. It wasn't much about them stealing as much as them desiring to just be in the hollywood scene.