archerunknown

> *“do you want to start over?”* i went into this movie alone and completely blind, so i don’t know what i was expecting. the beginning is beautiful; masterfully setting up the characters and their relations before it all starts. and then comes the chaos theory. the action of recognizing a familiar face led to a gossip sesh turned confession hour. it’s quite insane actually, how a person’s singular decision impacted the characters so heavily. because that night, as the main group of friends drunkenly pondered the morality of doing heroin, did one ask a question that changed everything. > *“what’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?”* although everyone had questionable answers, they were all met with jokes and laughs except one. emma is chastised and scorned by her maid of honor for what she nearly did at 15. key word: nearly. we spend the rest of the film watching her fiancée break down. we watch emma become reviled by people she knew and loved. and we see her give everyone the opportunity for a second chance, over and over again, while the same courtesy isn’t always extended to her. don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautiful movie, equally humorous and unsettling at times. it really makes you open your mind but also ponder the butterfly effect, and how quickly things can spiral out of control.

i think this movie should be studied by film students

> *“They gave me the willies.”* > *“Yeah, well, crackers at nighttime will do that to you.”* visually stunning, would’ve done anything to see it in 70mm imax

the ending & the credits were so good, i forgot i was still watching the same movie