Babylon
Holy shit, what an absolutely wild ride. The first two hours of this is some of the most electrifying and intoxicating cinema I’ve ever seen. Just absolutely ridiculous, but in the best way. The sets, the cinematography, Margot Robbie’s performance, the score, just absolutely addicting and I couldn’t take my eyes off for even a second. There’s so many things I want to say about this movie that I can’t even formulate right now, it was absurd, hilarious, emotional, everything.
It’s no secret you can fall as fast as you rise in Hollywood and Babylon throws it at you in the most over the top and memorable way you’ll ever see. The scene where Nellie LaRoy shoots her first sound picture was a mini-masterpiece. It’s an investment with the long runtime and it does struggle a little bit to keep up the fast-moving pace for the entirety of the movie, but I just cannot stop thinking about this movie since watching it.
Easily my favorite film of the year and might even take the cake over Whiplash as my favorite Chazelle. I can totally see me coming back to this and putting it in the tier of my favorite films once I can finally recapture the madness of all of it.