To Relish In The Dark Side
A Review By Ben Hunter
5 Out Of 5 Stars
GET TO THE POINT
BEN!
A dark & gloomily
painted picture that you can’t help but immerse yourself within!
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He’s a very “quirky” character to put that lightly. To say he’s procured “quite the personality”
would be an understatement. For he’s
someone whose blurred the lines of morality and integrity for personal gain or
satisfaction. He will stop at nothing,
to get what he wants. He will overthrow
you if it’s the last thing he does. As
he grasps knowledge and slowly becomes a master with such information, it’s
only a matter of time before you realize you’ve been simply punk’d, bettered in
oblivious defeat, or downright outdone … and you didn’t even see it coming. Probably because of his light-hearted manner
is why you were inattentive then to now feeling that you’ve found yourself within
SUCH A DARK AND TWISTED tale of sorts with:
none other than Lou Bloom … The Nightcrawler!
Lou (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a common thief trying to make money
in Los Angeles. One day he witnesses an
accident on the interstate as camera crews, police, medical attention, and news
outlets swarm the scene. The first people
on the scene (headed by Bill Paxton) film the incident and then head out quickly
as they receive a call of the next accident, all while negotiating the price
the news station wants for the footage they’ve just captured. This is all in front of Lou, discovering this
world of “nightcrawling”, who then gets his own camera from a pawned bike that
he stole, and slowly starts his own company from this new information he’s
received. This sets the ball in
motion. Rolling into a world of deceit,
lies, sex, dirty money, dishonor, lack of integrity and questionable behavior
to question the very morals set in motion in your own heart. Prepare for the somber world of Nightcrawler! It’ll be a gloomy experience, but it’ll be an
intense and engaging ride all the way through, leaving you startled yet amazed
at how much it drew you in!
Boy oh boy oh boy!
Jake Gyllenhaal has outdone himself!
The first bit of info I tell people inquiring about this film is, “that
monologue he did at the end!” His sister
Maggie stated in a red carpet interview how this character is so rooted in
reality. I couldn’t agree more. Lou talks differently, but it’s common
everyday vernacular. So it just had me
thinking, “Oh, he’s of that dorky, geeky kind of persona”. But with such foggy roots of character, it
makes Lou a very complex and fascinating one that when contemplating all this
about him, I realized just how very jarring his vernacular was. It all tied into the gloomy atmosphere that
the story portrayed. The literal imagery
of Los Angeles at night as well as James Newton Howard’s enthralling score all
cooperated in painting this picture of a dark world that I couldn’t help but
fully immerse myself within. I forgot
all about “that girl” that upset me before the movie started.
This was a nice insight into the world of newsrooms. Older yet still beautiful Rene Russo
contributed nicely to this and I loved all of her screen time, every
minute. Everyone played their part
nicely and it had me thinking as I live in Los Angeles and these are a lot of
the same places I frequent. More
evidence that this film stayed with me long after it was over, thinking about
it and all the moral questioning, thrilling dialogue stating, and brilliant
storytelling that it entails!
Nightcrawler
Crime Thriller, 117 Minutes, R
Written & Directed by: Dan Gilroy
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
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