Review Time: this film is top-notch
entertainment
Fundamental elements: there are a number
and words on screen, voice-over elements, background music, mental imagery,
slow-motion effects, time jumps and place jumps.
The
background music is very noticeable [I am not going to criticize this,] because
this film comes from the time where the background music generally speaking is
designed to build the illusion that something may or may not be coming around
the corner or something to this effect. The movement of this title is slow but
also purposeful [I will discuss this more later on in the character
developments/performances section,] but in fairness and balance this film does
have an excellent balance of being sectioned off by for an example a number or
words on screen like "The Interview" and things like this to keep the
film moving and in hindsight focus on specific things at specific points as
well.
Back stories/Storyline: the Back stories
get discussed at points in this film, the storyline; we have narratives where
we have a different character/performer or different characters/performers
doing different things. They do crossover into other narratives at different
points or the more you get to the later stages they merge altogether, I know I
usually criticize films that have a question mark style ending for an ending
such as what happened next? But as this film is strange it makes sense to have
a strange ending.
Action sequences/Artistic visions: there are weapons being used, throwing darts and chasing. This
project has a legendary scene in the film industry; I don't have much to say
about it other than this "Here's Johnny." Moving on to the artistic
visions the landscapes and any version of this maze, be it a map or a table
version [it is where we have our main character/performer looking down at this
maze [we get transported to another scene via this; to join up with the other
two characters/performers] and this maze with or without snow and there are
other artistic visions as well.
Character developments/Performances: now because these three characters/performers spend a long time in
this one location, our lead role gradually but surely loses his mind and like I
said earlier in this review I would discuss the movement here, so here we are;
the movement is also designed for its viewers to experience some of what our
lead role feels and goes through as he goes through this metamorphosis and as
it relates to our youngest character/performer you would be thinking that either
Charles Xavier [a.k.a. Prof. X.] or Erik Lehnsherr [a.k.a. Magneto] would be
interested to meet this individual or at the very least keep an eye on this
individual, but back to this film this young character loses it a bit as well
and then we have this wife/mother character that is just trying to keep things
altogether and later on protect her son.
There is
chemistry/friction [depending where you are; it is depending what you get.] The
performances of this cast are all good [minus one character/performer.] Now
speaking of this one character/performer it brings me onto Nicholson; he puts
in one of those performances that throughout the rest of your career or when
you are no longer here people will remember you for it; as he goes from his
regular self to slightly angry to teetering towards madness to all-out madness
with passion, but here is the scary thing he makes it look so easy and natural
with knowing how and when to change gears or the drive to achieve what has been
laid down before him and no I am not talking about him writing his book, as you
will see and experience throughout this project.
This film receives: 10/10, this is one
of those films that you need to see one's in your lifetime. [On a quick side
note if you wanted to watch a brief interpretation of this project, you could
always watch the music video "Spit It Out" by Slipknot released in 1999.] This feels
like one of those moments where I should dictate a disclaimer, this music video
has adult contents in one way or another throughout, I will not be held responsible
for anyone watching this video.
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