Nightcrawler (2014)
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
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As Good As It Gets
The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, Prisoners and many others. Jake Gyllenhall is fore sure one of the best actors of his generation. He already showed us his talent frequently. But as the psycho Louis Bloom he was just impressive. In every second he puts this charakter his stamp on. I would even go that far to say, Bloom is one of the best antiheroes i have ever seen. I'm looking forward to Gyllenhall's future projects. If he can keep this level rudimentary, the academy has no other chance to honor this man. Also sensational was the directing debut from Dan Gilroy. The tight production, the interesting design of LA as well as the pleasant music were a very good combination. I'm curious what we will see from this man in the future. Confessedly the tension of this story from the sensationalism and a guy who knows to exploit that is limited after the time, but this movie makes the best of it and achieves to watch this film more times. It is rare to give a movie more than 7 points, but a great Gyllenhall and the good complete work made it possible.
It's a pity Gyllenhaal's great performance is in a movie where the plot lets him down. There is ample evidence from his digital records - cell phone and computer - for the police to charge him. And earlier, you have to overlook triple murderer parking his SUV in the street neverthelone not even trying to disguise it! Otherwise, a wonderful expose of TV news.
I didn't mind the run time and character build up. Jake G captured the nuances of a sociopath very well down to the awkward social interactions with Nina from the news network. The dynamics between Lou and Rick (two main characters) kept me interested to find out what would happen. Overall, a decent storyline regardless of how realistic it may/may not be.
(2014) FILM: "NIGHTCRAWLER" Director: Dan Gilroy Lead Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal/Rene Russo/Bill Paxton Dan Gilroy's viciously exhilarating (2014) directional debut film "NIGHTCRAWLER" was surprisingly the most unforgettable film that I've seen since the brutally spectacular (2011) motion picture "DRIVE. Disgracefully snubbed by the (2014) Academy Awards, "NIGHTCRAWLER" is an astounding masterpiece from beginning to end and is HANDS DOWN in my strongest opinion the (2014) BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! Academy Award winning worthy and equally responsible for the films magnificence was Jake Gyllenhaal in what I truly believe to be his greatest performance yet. Gyllenhaal's impeccably gripping, sadistic, restless and unshakable performance of sociopathic loner Lou Bloom is considerably the most pristinely portrayed sociopath of all time. Dethroning even "AMERICAN PSYCHOS" longtime number one fan favorite sociopath Patrick Bateman who's needless to say played by the incredible Christian Bale.