Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
In context to the state of our world since Oppenheimer stole fire from the gods, this movie (bound for a well-earned Oscar sweeping) reminds me of those ads that warn against drunk driving, which vividly and poignantly remind us of the devastation we personally can prevent. Except in this case, you're not the driver, and you never will be. You’re just along for the ride, along with 8 billion other people - and our drivers have been drinking all night long.
Let no one describe it as a stain on the record of DeCaprio or Luhrmann, but rather, perhaps, in a time of unprecedented cultural change and renewal, Hollywoods finest Shakespearean hour.