Lords of Chaos is so 50/50 for me. It has this weird way of doing many things wrong in the context of the real story it's based on yet as it's own separate from reality film it manages to be really entertaining. It just sucks knowing there was a better movie to be had here if they would have been a little more realistic.
Despite a lot of the big issues this movie has, at the end of the day…
The Way Back struggles with identity. On one hand it's a movie about a guy named Jack who deals with his alcoholism. On the other hand it's about Jack coaching a basketball team. It isn't both at the same time and that's the problem. You would think that the alcoholism would bleed into his coaching and show how it effects his relationship with his team but the two worlds are entirely separated. The first act is Jack drinking all the…
I can't think of a single thing that bugged me about this movie. It's everything I've been dreaming of to see in a film. The cinematography/writing/soundtrack/acting all done to perfection. It also has some of my favorite scenes and shots in cinematic history. The shot of Willam Dafoe continuously getting dirt thrown on his face as he keeps talking, Robert Pattinson screaming as the light absorbs him, that scene where Willam gets offended about how Robert doesn't like his cooking.…
A well directed movie made around a dog shit script.
That about says it all. Visually this looks and feels like it should be a well put together film but once the plot builds everything falls apart. Characters in movies tend to end up in pretty unrealistic situations compared to the average human on earth so it's up to the screenwriter to make the characters journey believable no matter the situation. This screenwriter did not do that. Not at all.…
