I've said this many times Lue is not a person. He's a business given human form. He doesn't sleep, he doesn't care about human well being, he changes and grows to gain more and more power all for the sake of gaining more.
Thank you. Many people believe that people like Lou Bloom don't exist in the world or are outliers but they are the most successful people in the world. The deviants and manipulators are the cream of crop in the society we've created.
Lou is living life second hand - he has no individuality to speak of beyond his sociopathy. His "personality" that we see is a Frankensteined collection of quotes and information not his own.
I don't think for a moment I 'hoped for his success', but I did watch the entire movie with the kind of horrified fascination of a car crash I couldn't look away from. Which is apt, really. It's brilliant filmmaking, though.
While I agree completely with your point that it is not a good idea to diagnose fictional characters, since they are at core fictional and any fictional portrayal of a mental illness will depend heavily on the writer's knowledge (and in the case of film, other factors like acting and even editing), I feel compelled to point out that you state the idea of him having antisocial personality disorder is contradicted by him having not having all the symptoms, but in reality pretty much no diagnosis of a mental illness requires a patient exhibit all the possible symptoms. ASPD, for example, only requires a patient exhibit 3 (or more) of the 7 possible symptoms. I just think its important to note, because especially with personality disorders, there is a common conception that there is "one way" to be mentally ill, when in fact even people with the same disorder can have different combinations of the same symptoms and it leads to people not seeking or receiving the help they may need. Which, of course, is more the reason not to try and diagnose fictional characters, since its so complicated, but yeah.
I think no matter what, a "diagnosis" of a fictional character will always be interpretation, since them being just a fictional character means a true diagnosis is impossible. So, in that sense, i think it's okay for people to make interpretations about what a character seems like to them, since that is just a way for people to interact with a work of fiction
Thank you for touching on the fact that the music is from his perspective rather than what we should actually be feeling. Even the RLM guys missed the point and complained about the music being too cheesy. I actually liked it.
I love this movie for its portrayal of the unscrupulous nature of the capitalist worldview. The white male protagonist exploiting his non white employee in his last moments before dying was one of the most chilling/ thought provoking moments in the movie.
Excellent analysis. Some movies are fun to watch, but the moment the credits roll I'm already starting to forget them. Other movies are not enjoyable while I'm watching them, but stick with me for days, weeks, and months afterwards. Nightcrawler is definitely the latter.
The same mis diagnosis as a sociopath happened to someone else I knew on the autism spectrum she had a lot of mis diagnosises but that that one understandably upset her the most.
That was crazy thorough man. I've been checking out all published film analysis of this movie and yours is by far the most in depth. Fantastic work my dude.
I don't think the movie is looking for anyone to psychoanalyse the character. It is sufficient to understand he is a psychopath and the whole point is that he pulls you in and makes you an accomplice.
The soundtrack is awesome, it totally draws you in.... and it shows what's going on in the main character's mind. You can imagine him writing his TV-format "success story" in his head while the music's playing...
Still my favorite channel on RUclips :) Thanks for consistently keeping the quality of your videos impeccable, and finding symbols others are likely to miss.
It's creepy corporate charm that seems to work with fellow sociopaths but falls apart in the presence of someone with a modicum of emotional intelligence.
Man, the second in the X-men: Origins series turned out weird. Especially considering they never explain how he goes from an evil Patrick Batemen looking mf to a blue repentant German Christian
This is what I really don't like about Night Crawler--as someone who's worked the overnight shift at local news as a photographer and editor: This isn't how it works at all. We've never taken freelancers'--some dudes randomly walking in from the streets--footage for pay (stations WILL use 'viewer footage', shot on cellphones and stuff like that, but never offering compensation for it. . .at least not in my experience). I worked in a smaller market--New Orleans--and wondered if this was how it was in a big market like L.A., where the movie was placed. Asked one of my old (overnight) producers if it works like that out there, her reply was they wouldn't even be able to get past security. (If you think I'm wrong about this, find any footage shot by a professional, that looks like any of this on television news. I'll get specific and conceding security and other amateur footage is sometime shown, but almost never if there's actual violence. And the professional photogs don't show bodies or blood.) Furthermore, all the detective would have had to do in the end is look at some of the metadata of the original footage to see that Bloom's character is culpable. These might sound like nit-picky points, but considering they're what the whole movie hinged on, then it kind of becomes weak. Maybe someone should look up good old Weegee. . . I didn't hate the film, though.
BOBMAN1980 I'm not trying to go against what you're saying but in La there are Freelancers they actually based the idea of actual guy who is a Stringer but it's nothing like the movie they even interviewed him and he said that it's totally fictional he works off contract not off per video. A lot of it is fiction but I really like the movie if you look past it it's one of the best of 2015 definitely a good movie has some flaws one of my favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movies
Uh... I would HOPE that this way of getting footage isn't real or we would be bound to find a real life Lou Bloom. I figured it was one of those things we suspend as part of the world. This is fiction. Their world can be a bit different from our and still have something to say about us.
Suspension of disbelief. If not for this, nobody would enjoy 99.99999 percent of films. It's cool to hear your insider knowledge, though. I figured as much. TV stations have people that they employ, and emergency response folks are less likely to be creeped out by TV employees than some random person filming for thrills.
This was the first movie I actually couldn’t finish. Not that it wasn’t good, kind of the opposite was true. I hated the protagonist so much that I couldn’t take it anymore. Idk what it even was exactly that made me turn it off, I was able to get through the wold of Wall Street while hating the main character just as much. It was just something about this portrayal that just struck such a chord I couldn’t take it.
I watched the wolf of wallstreet in two separate days cause I could not stand the protagonist. I hated it so much. I cannot understand how people enjoyed the movie. He is just terrible
@@aror6480 People enjoy the movie BECAUSE he's terrible. He is a horrible person, and you should hate him. He is a walking critique of the ruthlessness of wall street at the time. You also find solace that that person, jordan belfort who wrote the book has since changed his life around to working toward the good of the people. That is, if you know anything about the context of the movie. Just because a character is horrible doesn't mean a movie is horrible. All of scorsese movies are about terrible people doing terrible things, but that doesn't condone their actions. If anything it persuades against them.
I almost did the same thing. This movie makes you feel sick to your stomach at the sheer nastiness of the main character and the system that enables his success
The name Lou Bloom made me think of another Bloom.... Leo Bloom This made me think that the film wanted me to see Bloom as an everyman from the 21st century
In Brasil, entrepreneurship coaches use this film as a model and sucess case. The protagonist would be the perfect business man, the one we should follow.
That’s disheartening to hear. And scary. Actually, now that I think about it, Lou seems like the kind of character that someone like Bolsanaro would find appealing. Aspirational even.
I think I was still in junior high when I saw this movie, I'm not mature enough to realize/observe the elements that support the cinematography. But I do realize Lou Bloom is a cold man in a cold world.
Excellent video. Gilroy and Gyllenhaal did an amazing job taking aim at modern american values. Also, it's true that our current understanding is that people with antisocial personality disorder don't learn from punishment. But they do learn from, and respond abnormally strongly to, reward. So Lou being able to learn doesn't negate the diagnosis.
Honestly I don't think Lou has to have any kind of innate disorder to be the way he is. Delusion and the suppression of empathy can be learned, especially when there's something to gain from it. The movie world (and arguably the real one) reward antisocial behavior. You don't have to be neurodivergent to figure that out. I certainly don't think Lou is healthy, but I'd argue the movie makes a stronger point for his dysfunction being caused by his environment than some innate cruelty or coldness.
Bloom reminds me of a supervisor because of whom I quit my job before he could destroy my life. I did not know about the mis-diagnosis of John Elder Robison. After I was professionally diagnosed by a medical school three day long evaluation as autistic, a psychiatrist diagnosed me with a personality disorder for not liking pop culture, claiming all autistic people have this personality disorder; and a high ranking forensic psychiatrist initiated disciplinary proceedings against her - she never examined me. I have grown to hate the American definition of success, "The Solitude of Monsieur Welcome" in "Les Miserables" explains it better than I can.
the shpeal about him being persistent and a hard worker is ironic too because the metal guy is willing to buy the stolen metal, but refuses to hire a thief.
Yeah. A really good film, but somewhat on the nose. Obviously owes a lot to 'Taxi Driver.' Not so obviously, may owe a lot to 'Little Miss Sunshine' (even if unconsciously). I'm fascinated by LMS' subversive narrative regarding self-help. It's sorta the functional version of Bloom's condition. Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) being the antidote to the sociopathy of unfettered capitalism - failing in the face of bad hope. Whereas grandpa (Alan Arkin) acts as a kind of conduit for irresponsible freedoms (like Homer Simpson - flawed but nevertheless his behaviour unjustifiable). Comedically, LMS presents dysfunctionality as functional through hard won empathic responses. I think. Anyway, that was a long way of saying I hope you do a video on LMS at some point. It's forgotten how important and funny this film is (I often think of it as the antidote to, in my view, the sickening mask presented by 'Juno' - a well-made and possibly well-intentioned film with little to say in respect of capitalism - i.e ragging on the tired nurse who yes, behaves poorly, but so clunkily written that she may as well be a literal 'fish in the barrel' prime for the shooting. Whoa, my train of thought turning into an essay. Thanks for your channel. It's one of the few I find actually edifying. Oh, yeah, and please do 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I have so many thoughts on the film; would be interested to hear yours. Cheers.
Hi Leon. Thanks for the reply. Yep, I know you gotta make a living. Me, I rely on the state for mine, so much as I'd love to contribute am not in a position to right now. Still, I do appreciate those few people I follow on youtube in that I get to see the product for free. Thanks again for your brilliant channel. PS - I don't do TV, so most of my viewing is through youtube these days. :)
Interesting breakdown. How often do you feel your right about your analysis? Also, what are your greatest weaknesses in examining these films do to your perspective, assumptions and knowledge of the given subjects? personally, I think you have a great analytical depth and strong ability to convey your opinions.
i see this movie more like about competition and its corruption. *nina needs bloody things with white people being fcked by probably minorities, cuz it gives more popularity for the tv channel. *lou knows that if he gives what nina wants, he gets a better return in the matter of money, but for this to happen, he needs to be invasive, liar, manipulate things to make a different background story. *lou makes a sabotage, so his "competitive opponent" could get fcked up, opening lou more space and oportunity. *lou only gets rewarded, making everything he does reward him. and why people dont stop him ? cuz they feel they need him.
This movie felt, to me, like a dark mirror of Ed Wood (1994) and Into The Wild (2007). They’re all about bright and determined, but eccentric and lonely young men who travel west to re-invent themselves, while living on the fringes of society and willing to violate laws and social contracts in order to reach their strange goals. Ed Wood and Chris McCandless are both rather mysterious and morally questionable. Who really knows for sure how distinguishable they were from a guy like this?
I enjoyed this movie better before I saw this cynical take on capitalism, implying that sociopaths and people who will do anything to get ahead don't happen elsewhere.
I didn't like this movie at all,i didn't like the character at all, I didn't like how he played the character, at all. I would say more but.... i don't wanna.
I never saw Lou as a sociopath. Deranged yes, but I found him to have more strength and understanding than any other character around him. The last scene where he talks about his partner betraying him down the line is a reflection of his insight in the human nature. Lou knows the cowardice in men and he's in pain because of it.
I've said this many times Lue is not a person. He's a business given human form. He doesn't sleep, he doesn't care about human well being, he changes and grows to gain more and more power all for the sake of gaining more.
Your comment is great evidence supporting that this movie is a harsh capitalism critique beyond the already apparent themes
I'm really happy for you cause I've met people like him and worked for them and date them. But yes, they are not a person, they're demons
Much as American Psycho is the story of the fall of a successful sociopath, I see Nightcrawler as the story of the rise of a successful sociopath.
Zerker161 doesn’t AP end with him being at large?
Patrick Bateman doesn't fall though.
American Psycho 3: Nightcrawler
He doesn’t fall
Thank you. Many people believe that people like Lou Bloom don't exist in the world or are outliers but they are the most successful people in the world. The deviants and manipulators are the cream of crop in the society we've created.
A masterpiece of modern cinema.
Jake wasn’t even nominated for this ....unreal
Lou is living life second hand - he has no individuality to speak of beyond his sociopathy. His "personality" that we see is a Frankensteined collection of quotes and information not his own.
I don't think for a moment I 'hoped for his success', but I did watch the entire movie with the kind of horrified fascination of a car crash I couldn't look away from. Which is apt, really.
It's brilliant filmmaking, though.
Great movie. Disturbing in all the right ways. A depiction of the darker side of humanity but without any redemptive qualities
Definitely, Lou was not sympathetic at all.
While I agree completely with your point that it is not a good idea to diagnose fictional characters, since they are at core fictional and any fictional portrayal of a mental illness will depend heavily on the writer's knowledge (and in the case of film, other factors like acting and even editing), I feel compelled to point out that you state the idea of him having antisocial personality disorder is contradicted by him having not having all the symptoms, but in reality pretty much no diagnosis of a mental illness requires a patient exhibit all the possible symptoms. ASPD, for example, only requires a patient exhibit 3 (or more) of the 7 possible symptoms. I just think its important to note, because especially with personality disorders, there is a common conception that there is "one way" to be mentally ill, when in fact even people with the same disorder can have different combinations of the same symptoms and it leads to people not seeking or receiving the help they may need.
Which, of course, is more the reason not to try and diagnose fictional characters, since its so complicated, but yeah.
I think no matter what, a "diagnosis" of a fictional character will always be interpretation, since them being just a fictional character means a true diagnosis is impossible. So, in that sense, i think it's okay for people to make interpretations about what a character seems like to them, since that is just a way for people to interact with a work of fiction
Trivia: The italian title is a bit more obvious about how to see the character. It's 'Lo Sciacallo' (The Jackal).
Thank you for touching on the fact that the music is from his perspective rather than what we should actually be feeling. Even the RLM guys missed the point and complained about the music being too cheesy. I actually liked it.
I love this movie for its portrayal of the unscrupulous nature of the capitalist worldview. The white male protagonist exploiting his non white employee in his last moments before dying was one of the most chilling/ thought provoking moments in the movie.
Yeesh, this movie is definitely speaking about our world and era.
Excellent analysis. Some movies are fun to watch, but the moment the credits roll I'm already starting to forget them. Other movies are not enjoyable while I'm watching them, but stick with me for days, weeks, and months afterwards. Nightcrawler is definitely the latter.
One of my favorites of 2014, Thanks for doing this one.
I'm obsessed with the screenplay of this movie, the slugline free style, so immediate.
And of course, the movie is fantastic
The same mis diagnosis as a sociopath happened to someone else I knew on the autism spectrum she had a lot of mis diagnosises but that that one understandably upset her the most.
That was crazy thorough man. I've been checking out all published film analysis of this movie and yours is by far the most in depth. Fantastic work my dude.
I don't think the movie is looking for anyone to psychoanalyse the character. It is sufficient to understand he is a psychopath and the whole point is that he pulls you in and makes you an accomplice.
i want renegade cut to make an analysis about my life
The soundtrack is awesome, it totally draws you in.... and it shows what's going on in the main character's mind.
You can imagine him writing his TV-format "success story" in his head while the music's playing...
Still my favorite channel on RUclips :)
Thanks for consistently keeping the quality of your videos impeccable, and finding symbols others are likely to miss.
'he is charming' He was supposed to be charming??? throughout this movie I was uncomfortable even BEFORE I saw how he acted when no-one was looking.
It's creepy corporate charm that seems to work with fellow sociopaths but falls apart in the presence of someone with a modicum of emotional intelligence.
5:36 Unless only unsuccessful psychopaths are diagnosed.
I'm so thankful for Jake Gyllenhaal for blessing us with these bizarre and challenging roles
Overestimate his abilities? I'd say Lou is right on track with how cunning he is.
Man, the second in the X-men: Origins series turned out weird. Especially considering they never explain how he goes from an evil Patrick Batemen looking mf to a blue repentant German Christian
I understood that reference
This is what I really don't like about Night Crawler--as someone who's worked the overnight shift at local news as a photographer and editor: This isn't how it works at all. We've never taken freelancers'--some dudes randomly walking in from the streets--footage for pay (stations WILL use 'viewer footage', shot on cellphones and stuff like that, but never offering compensation for it. . .at least not in my experience). I worked in a smaller market--New Orleans--and wondered if this was how it was in a big market like L.A., where the movie was placed. Asked one of my old (overnight) producers if it works like that out there, her reply was they wouldn't even be able to get past security.
(If you think I'm wrong about this, find any footage shot by a professional, that looks like any of this on television news. I'll get specific and conceding security and other amateur footage is sometime shown, but almost never if there's actual violence. And the professional photogs don't show bodies or blood.)
Furthermore, all the detective would have had to do in the end is look at some of the metadata of the original footage to see that Bloom's character is culpable.
These might sound like nit-picky points, but considering they're what the whole movie hinged on, then it kind of becomes weak.
Maybe someone should look up good old Weegee. . .
I didn't hate the film, though.
BOBMAN1980 I'm not trying to go against what you're saying but in La there are Freelancers they actually based the idea of actual guy who is a Stringer but it's nothing like the movie they even interviewed him and he said that it's totally fictional he works off contract not off per video. A lot of it is fiction but I really like the movie if you look past it it's one of the best of 2015 definitely a good movie has some flaws one of my favorite Jake Gyllenhaal movies
Uh... I would HOPE that this way of getting footage isn't real or we would be bound to find a real life Lou Bloom. I figured it was one of those things we suspend as part of the world.
This is fiction. Their world can be a bit different from our and still have something to say about us.
Suspension of disbelief. If not for this, nobody would enjoy 99.99999 percent of films. It's cool to hear your insider knowledge, though. I figured as much. TV stations have people that they employ, and emergency response folks are less likely to be creeped out by TV employees than some random person filming for thrills.
I haven't seen this movie in awhile and I kind of forgot how brilliant it is. Time for a rewatch.
This was the first movie I actually couldn’t finish. Not that it wasn’t good, kind of the opposite was true. I hated the protagonist so much that I couldn’t take it anymore. Idk what it even was exactly that made me turn it off, I was able to get through the wold of Wall Street while hating the main character just as much. It was just something about this portrayal that just struck such a chord I couldn’t take it.
I watched the wolf of wallstreet in two separate days cause I could not stand the protagonist. I hated it so much. I cannot understand how people enjoyed the movie. He is just terrible
Similarly, I was very frightened by the character, but the movie and portrayal were so good I had to watch it through the end.
@@aror6480 People enjoy the movie BECAUSE he's terrible. He is a horrible person, and you should hate him. He is a walking critique of the ruthlessness of wall street at the time. You also find solace that that person, jordan belfort who wrote the book has since changed his life around to working toward the good of the people. That is, if you know anything about the context of the movie. Just because a character is horrible doesn't mean a movie is horrible. All of scorsese movies are about terrible people doing terrible things, but that doesn't condone their actions. If anything it persuades against them.
I almost did the same thing. This movie makes you feel sick to your stomach at the sheer nastiness of the main character and the system that enables his success
The name Lou Bloom made me think of another Bloom.... Leo Bloom
This made me think that the film wanted me to see Bloom as an everyman from the 21st century
I don't think I can put into words how much I love this movie.
I literally watched the movie before watching this. :)
In Brasil, entrepreneurship coaches use this film as a model and sucess case. The protagonist would be the perfect business man, the one we should follow.
Interesting 🤔
That’s disheartening to hear. And scary.
Actually, now that I think about it, Lou seems like the kind of character that someone like Bolsanaro would find appealing. Aspirational even.
This was great! For some reason I thought of the anime 'Golden Boy' and how the main character Kintaro compares to Louis Bloom.
2014??? Seems like yesterday
I have to say, I just thought he was playing Jordan Peterson, and that his speech affectations imitated Peterson's distinct idiolect.
I think I was still in junior high when I saw this movie, I'm not mature enough to realize/observe the elements that support the cinematography. But I do realize Lou Bloom is a cold man in a cold world.
Excellent video. Gilroy and Gyllenhaal did an amazing job taking aim at modern american values. Also, it's true that our current understanding is that people with antisocial personality disorder don't learn from punishment. But they do learn from, and respond abnormally strongly to, reward. So Lou being able to learn doesn't negate the diagnosis.
The music in this video kinda reminds me of The Twin Peaks series. Good analysis mate.
He seemed like the only one messed up enough, to not be bothered about dying on camera
Every video, new knowledge. This guy is the best.
He's a vampire
Car rolling over ... 'did you see that!!!' 😂😂😂🤣😂
This movie became a classic the week it was released.
We are really living in Jake Gyllenhaal’s Taxi Driver years.
A fantastic analysis for a mindblowingly good movie. Kudos dude, you've proven yet again that you're a top movie connoisseur =)
This video is great!! Thanks so much!!!!
Honestly I don't think Lou has to have any kind of innate disorder to be the way he is. Delusion and the suppression of empathy can be learned, especially when there's something to gain from it. The movie world (and arguably the real one) reward antisocial behavior. You don't have to be neurodivergent to figure that out. I certainly don't think Lou is healthy, but I'd argue the movie makes a stronger point for his dysfunction being caused by his environment than some innate cruelty or coldness.
The score is so good in this movie
Bloom reminds me of a supervisor because of whom I quit my job before he could destroy my life. I did not know about the mis-diagnosis of John Elder Robison. After I was professionally diagnosed by a medical school three day long evaluation as autistic, a psychiatrist diagnosed me with a personality disorder for not liking pop culture, claiming all autistic people have this personality disorder; and a high ranking forensic psychiatrist initiated disciplinary proceedings against her - she never examined me.
I have grown to hate the American definition of success, "The Solitude of Monsieur Welcome" in "Les Miserables" explains it better than I can.
the shpeal about him being persistent and a hard worker is ironic too because the metal guy is willing to buy the stolen metal, but refuses to hire a thief.
i dont understand how he didnt go to jail for crashing that cop car.
this video was not very subtle but it does the trick ;)
would love to see a review of killifornia lol
Now i wanna see this movie
Such a great film.
That triumphant music playing... is a song... that exists in sims... I feel verry weird hearing it in this context
neoliberalism in a nutshell.
Great analysis. Thanks!
Excellent analysis
great video
Is this a repost?
Oh good, I thought I was going mad, I was sure I had heard your analysis of Nightcrawler before.
Always worth listening to a second time, of course.
So did you repost it as a timely response to the Trump presidency?
Do you still have any video that was on Blip and you're going to upload on RUclips?
Which movies did you make videos about on blip that are not on RUclips? Can I find those?
Yeah. A really good film, but somewhat on the nose. Obviously owes a lot to 'Taxi Driver.' Not so obviously, may owe a lot to 'Little Miss Sunshine' (even if unconsciously). I'm fascinated by LMS' subversive narrative regarding self-help. It's sorta the functional version of Bloom's condition. Richard Hoover (Greg Kinnear) being the antidote to the sociopathy of unfettered capitalism - failing in the face of bad hope. Whereas grandpa (Alan Arkin) acts as a kind of conduit for irresponsible freedoms (like Homer Simpson - flawed but nevertheless his behaviour unjustifiable). Comedically, LMS presents dysfunctionality as functional through hard won empathic responses. I think. Anyway, that was a long way of saying I hope you do a video on LMS at some point. It's forgotten how important and funny this film is (I often think of it as the antidote to, in my view, the sickening mask presented by 'Juno' - a well-made and possibly well-intentioned film with little to say in respect of capitalism - i.e ragging on the tired nurse who yes, behaves poorly, but so clunkily written that she may as well be a literal 'fish in the barrel' prime for the shooting. Whoa, my train of thought turning into an essay. Thanks for your channel. It's one of the few I find actually edifying. Oh, yeah, and please do 'Little Miss Sunshine'. I have so many thoughts on the film; would be interested to hear yours. Cheers.
Hi Leon. Thanks for the reply. Yep, I know you gotta make a living. Me, I rely on the state for mine, so much as I'd love to contribute am not in a position to right now. Still, I do appreciate those few people I follow on youtube in that I get to see the product for free. Thanks again for your brilliant channel. PS - I don't do TV, so most of my viewing is through youtube these days. :)
Who need Nightcrawler 2 ? ✊
Interesting breakdown. How often do you feel your right about your analysis? Also, what are your greatest weaknesses in examining these films do to your perspective, assumptions and knowledge of the given subjects? personally, I think you have a great analytical depth and strong ability to convey your opinions.
i see this movie more like about competition and its corruption.
*nina needs bloody things with white people being fcked by probably minorities, cuz it gives more popularity for the tv channel.
*lou knows that if he gives what nina wants, he gets a better return in the matter of money, but for this to happen, he needs to be invasive, liar, manipulate things to make a different background story.
*lou makes a sabotage, so his "competitive opponent" could get fcked up, opening lou more space and oportunity.
*lou only gets rewarded, making everything he does reward him. and why people dont stop him ? cuz they feel they need him.
Great movie!!😻
BRAVO!!!
Anton chigurh level interesting villain
Snapdragons are the flowers
Can you do one on Velvet Buzzsaw?
I'm very sorry, but I don't take requests.
im very sorry too
Not "amoral", but "immoral".
I felt really bad for rick ngl
This movie felt, to me, like a dark mirror of Ed Wood (1994) and Into The Wild (2007). They’re all about bright and determined, but eccentric and lonely young men who travel west to re-invent themselves, while living on the fringes of society and willing to violate laws and social contracts in order to reach their strange goals. Ed Wood and Chris McCandless are both rather mysterious and morally questionable. Who really knows for sure how distinguishable they were from a guy like this?
nightcrawler is the rat race
I enjoyed this movie better before I saw this cynical take on capitalism, implying that sociopaths and people who will do anything to get ahead don't happen elsewhere.
Wow! Was this not misread...
Are you not entertained?
I didn't enjoy this movie, but mostly because I couldn't stand Jake's character.
I didn't like this movie at all,i didn't like the character at all, I didn't like how he played the character, at all. I would say more but.... i don't wanna.
I never saw Lou as a sociopath. Deranged yes, but I found him to have more strength and understanding than any other character around him. The last scene where he talks about his partner betraying him down the line is a reflection of his insight in the human nature. Lou knows the cowardice in men and he's in pain because of it.
well a film about communism would be more depressing