Killers of the Flower Moon - Movie Review
I had to pee for at least 2 and 1 half hours of this three and a half hour long Odyssey and I never got up to take a break it's the best compliment I can give it seriously feel free to put that on the Blu-ray box when this comes out on home release if physical media is still around at that [Music] point so killers of the flower moons the new Martin score sty film takes place in the 1920s and is the true story of a mass murder plot against the oage Native American tribe so of the mains Leonardo decaprio Robert dairo and Lily Gladstone I'm going to talk about dairo first because you know how it is where they aim to make a very humanized villain it's a very big thing nowadays humanize your villains I thought this was an incredible take on that cuz you're dealing with the head of the snake who had a horrific plan of mass murder he comes across as a man of the community someone who the oage people called friend there's a wolf in sheep's clothing and then there's a snake who has everyone convinced that he's a puppy until the point of performing is Robert dairo is 80 years old still commanding a scene you have three main actors in here all of which command the scenes there in sometimes they're in scenes together at age 80 dairo can be like I'm done I'm going to phone it in here it is three Oscar contenders in this film that I can think of and that's just onc screen performances I don't mind saying this is one of Leo DiCaprio's best performances that's a pretty high bar too maybe it's a recency biased thing but when watching you know how you watch a movie and you can usually pick out like that's the Oscar Sizzle reel like if he's nominated that's the clip there were a few moments in this movie where that could be the case the movie does leave me with questions about his character there's something they're a little vague about I feel like Hugh Jackman from from The Prestige how does he not know but it doesn't really give you the answer and it bothered me it it's just I just wanted the answer what was in the bottle I know it was bad I just want to know what it was and does he know it was bad and if not how the film does illustrate early on that this guy is easily manipulated fact remains having DiCaprio's character who's I mean he's a real guy Ernest Burkhart having Ernest Burkhart be the main character in this film in which he's part of the plot to kill his wife's family also his wife is being poisoned also they love each other that is actually a gutsy call the they love each other element but you look at the movie it doesn't work without it because how else does it work it love makes people blind and that's kind of the point now Lily Gladstone's the one who actually I dare say makes it all work without her if she wasn't in it you really would be seeing this film and the situation Through The Eyes of shitty people she's the very personification and lesson here which is if you so love and trust someone or something this much you will want to look past the truth which is killing you the heart overrides the brain when Martin scorsi says well this is a story of of love it is it's the darker side of it doesn't make it any less real actually makes it more real than most but honestly if all three Leonardo DiCaprio Robert dairo Lily Gladstone if they all get nominations this year I wouldn't be the least bit surprised and if they don't doesn't matter doesn't mean they didn't crush it just means the academy is the academy as for the 3 and 1 half hour long run time I legitimately meant what I said in the intro of this video is a true story it illustrates the point that point being in terms of time management I thought this film did it very well cuz I never felt there was an opportune or Optimum moment where I could take a break if it wasn't a murderous plan going down it was the scheming of a murderous plan if it wasn't the scheming of a murderous plan it was seemingly small talk with a lot of nuance around that makes the world a feel lived in B you're still seeing that which allowed the plan to go down just I never felt like there was downtime in here example Oppenheimer 3-hour film this year I thought was great I felt killers of the flower Moon actually used its time better than Oppenheimer did though it's longer may sound strange but it is what it is that's how I take it in gred even at 3 and 1 half hours I was left with that feeling of this could probably be a 6-h hour miniseries especially at the end when it's like on this date were you with so and so and was he with so and so and I'm like who's so and so and so and so I don't know I'm terrible with the names of people I've actually met in real life I don't remember that person's name The wrap-up of this film is very Scorsese as well most movies like this would have the text come up and that'd be it Scorsese does it in a more interesting and we'll say fun way and that kind of shows how scorsi can thread that needle a lot of directors when dealing with heavy subject matter that is a true story you can almost feel them be like okay we're going to be in this box we're not going to Veer from it no one's going to laugh it'll be informative but it will be safe scores can throw some fun moments or humor in there that don't feel disrespectful not a lot of directors would take that on in the end I thought the film was really well done it's well acted it's heavy subject matter that makes it worth a watch alone cuz if you're like me you didn't hear about this outside of entertainment like with Tulsa thanks public education but the execution of said subject matter is packed with Incredible performances by talented actors who clocked into work no doubt it sticks with you and that's important in a movie like this it has layers in which it haunts you I think killers of the flower Moon worth watching and worth buying on Blu-ray all right so killers of the flower moon have you seen it what did you think about it whatever you thought comment below let me know and 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