faux it til I make it
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favs: recent 5s/films I've
been thinking about recently
movie straight out of GTA, is fun as shit until the last half-hour or such where it wanders rather aimlessly as to how denzel's character should be coming to his ultimate downfall, as if already fixated yet unable to tell provide or add filler space. great casting all over but this is definitely one of the worst instances I've seen of a film's intent suffering from how the actor's screen presence overpowers the ill-intent of the antagonist meant to be frowned upon.
such a well conceived and directed film that is so genuine in its composure, it made me overlook the stark dilemma here of the moral compass of the mentally ill protagonist that selfishly attains his goals after being irresponsible about his feelings surrounding two women, and the two women are tolerant of his bullshit, loving him regardless. it's an unapologetically male and twisted bressonian affair.
the dilemma hit me personally at this point of time, because I'd usually look at…