Prisoners

ok you know that stupid “she let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding” thing in bad romance novels? yeah it’s real yeah it was me for the entire two and a half hour runtime. i actually whooped when this popped up on netflix and it’s been chilling in my watchlist for a while so. why not. no idea what i was in for. i’m not huge on dune or 2049 because they felt too cold and focused on scenery and didn’t feel grounded (still love them ofc) but i don’t care anymore. my eyes are open denis i’m sorry for doubting you. give this man more psychological crime thrillers. i cringed when i could feel every speck of grime on paul dano’s face as he got beat up for the hundredth time in his acting career. i grinned when i saw that david dastmalchian was once again cast as “off putting cryptic spooky guy that gets nerfed halfway through the movie” as he always is with villeneuve. i cheered every time jake gyllenhaal’s hair got messed up. the twist was so good since you can figure it out with every single clue given and what i thought was throwaway information. was actually part of the kidnapping plot and everything was laid out in front of me and it still had all the pieces fitting together without being obvious and had me yelling every single reveal. so good. cinematography was great and script was authentic and gritty and real and i need to go to sleep now wow this got long. loved it. my heart is still pounding. let denis do more realism that focuses on script and story building and tension pretty please. thank you and goodnight