The problem with watching a movie at any cinema OTHER than Cineworld is that I have to 'make the money to buy a ticket'.. Luckily I only had to make £5.71 in order to purchase this ticket for Odeon's first 'Screen unseen/ Mystery Movie Monday'. According to the email I received "they think I'd really enjoy this film".. As it turns out, they were right..
After the poster and teaser trailer it was pretty obvious what the film was.. I've been quite impressed by Mr Gyllenhaal's previous movies. 'Source Code' was a no brainer (Duncan Jones and Sci fi!?) and he was particularly disturbing in the recent 'Prisoners'. Here he once again does 'creepy' very well.. When we first see Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) he's basically a human magpie, steeling drain covers and fencing for scrap.. He tries to get a job with the scrap dealer but is bluntly informed "I not gonna employ a f*cking thief..". Then one evening he stumbles upon a car accident being filmed by Joe Loader (Bill Paxton) and decides that's the career for him..
Lou Bloom is a interesting character.. He's very intelligent and well spoken. Imagine if Paul McKellar had read nothing but his own self help books (and lost a lot of weight as a result).. His lack of 'people skills' and total disregard for most of the people around him make him very unnerving. You're never sure if he's going to snap and do something really bad..
This film also has some equally unnerving performances from the supporting cast (Rene Russo and Bill Paxton are the ones I recognised). They're also particularly unsavoury characters..
Mostly shot at night, the film has a similar look to Drive, being mostly artificial light..
It was excellent. Gyllenhaal's performance was sublime..
It's not a blockbuster so it won't be around for long. But I'm glad I saw it..
Definite **** movie..
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