Requiem for a Dream

Overall this movie is fantastic, and if you ever thought about doing heroin- just watch this shit bro. This genuinely might be one of the most fantastic while also most disturbing movie I've ever watched. This movie follows 4 seperate characters, who's lives quickly descend and reach rock bottom due to their use of heroin. The character arcs in this movie are honestly amazing, all of these characters have goals and aspirations that make you want root for them, which makes it so tragic to see them fall from their peaks. To see them snowball from wanting to just make money or be on tv to then lead to the nightmarish 3rd act is makes it so unsettling, especially for Ellen Burstyn's character, which almost brought me to tears seeing her hit rock bottom. The final 20-30 minutes of this movie really crank shit from 1 to fucking 100 with just HOW STEEP they go from being to a shitty spot to basically their own personal hell just because they wanted to use again. That right there is what made me realize "oh shit this is different from trainspotting." The cinematography in this film showcases how these characters are using, it uses rapid fire editing to show u js how fast their using, close ups to truly show case the emotion that they are feeling like bliss, anxiety, obsession. Repeated shots to show their binge like usage of drugs, body mounted cameras to make us feel the sickness in their stomach, it all the more connects you to these characters further.