an absolute monument of a film with a looming sense of dread throughout the entire runtime.
a masterpiece.
now, before, and forever
and…
actually life changing seeing this for the first time ever in cinema and in imax no less.
everything about this was incredible.
the writing, the pacing, the score, the story, the visuals, the vfx, the editing,
the sheer scope of the whole thing.
the use of sound and the use of silence.
the locations. just everything. mind boggling.
i cried like 3 times at least.
an immediate favourite. wow.
what a fucking film.
“cause she’s got a…
(clearly about to say the word ‘big’)
gGREAT ASS… and you got your head ALL THE WAY UP IT!”
- al pacino, HEAT [1995] dir. michael mann
caught this in cinema for the 30th anniversary and it was as heart-poundingly tense as the first time i watched it.
a lot of scenes where i had to actually remember to breathe.
pacino and deniro both putting on all-timer performances.
seeing it on the big screen made me…
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harrowing.
i legitimately find bob genuinely horrifying.
and disgusting.
him slowly crawling through the window and up to laura’s bed left me unsettled honestly.
there’s a deep disgust but also a sympathy felt towards leland.
you can see the pain inside him.
and that he’s helpless.
he might have even been through a similar situation.
with bob.
there was a couple scenes in this where i was extremely tense just waiting for what i knew would happen to happen.
and then…
“and mike? i hope he’s in a better place
but i don’t know enough about the afterlife
to trust in it, so while i’m here, and he’s not…
i gotta haunt these motherfuckers myself.”
hard ass line.
pretty cool movie.
sick little showdown at the end.
the ending itself was a little abrupt though.
“got me thinking about that conversation we had in the cruiser about de-escalation.
that also takes both sides, you know?
so i was thinking, what if…
