The Brutalist

While not quite on the same level, I do think that this will be a Parasite/Oppenheimer type movie that stands the test of time and immediately becomes a modern classic, truly phenomenal from start to finish. The cinematography and score were absolutely gorgeous, I expected to love the cinematography but the score really surprised me, this whimsical and mythical piano playing that slowly becomes more distorted and less optimistic as the film progresses and reveals the hardships and struggles that lie behind liberty's promise, I also loved how this is visually represented with both the upended statue of liberty at the beginning, and the upended cross at the end. I doubt I need to say much for the acting here as Adrien Brody is already practically a lock to pick up his second Oscar, but the supporting cast is by no means getting outshined, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones turn in phenomenal performances all the same as Brody. Going into this I had heard comparisons to Oppenheimer so that was mostly what I was expecting, and its true that for its budget it does in many ways match the epic of Oppenheimer, but the story itself was very different, I was prepared for László to be working on large and important projects while what we got was just as good, but much more grounded than I was expecting. Overall I really don't have any complaints on the film, I think everything it attempted to do it accomplished perfectly, and I would highly recommend anyone to go see it. Will most likely be cheering for this to win every Oscar it is nominated for.