The Brutalist

Thought my top 5 of the year was pretty much untouchable but I was absolutely floored with this movie. Truly was in awe of the spectacle that was this theater experience. A true deconstruction of “The American Dream”, this movies initial start of promise as we are introduced to Lazlo is quickly undercut. We follow the genius immigrant artist who is chewed up and spit out by the American machine throughout the entire film. This movies score is insane, seemingly grasping at the grandness of the concept of “The American Dream” only to fester and sour as the movie goes on, if Challengers isn’t nominated then this movie should have the Oscar in the bag. The combination of VistaVision and Lol Crawley is nothing short of visionary. So many shots had my jaw on the floor and helped to add to the grand scale of this movie. Nevermind all of the architecture shots that made the buildings feel alive as if they were their own character. And lastly Brady Corbet delivers as the director of this film. The fact that this movie was made with a $10 Million dollar budget should be applauded for years to come. At 3 and a half hours long, I would have no problem seeing this movie again. If a movie is great runtime won’t matter, and this movie was just that.