Predestination

❝You'll have to make tough choices. You'll influence the past. Can we change our futures? I don't know. The only thing that I know for sure, is that you are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I miss you dreadfully.❞ ❝It's never too late to be who you might have been.❞ · · ───── ⊱ ·✦· ⊰ ───── · · I absolutely love time travel media, so I was already predisposed to like Predestination, but it completely blew me away, and I don't think I looked away from the screen until the credits started rolling. I read the short story this is based on a while ago, so I already knew the big plot twists, but I still really enjoyed the way the film built on the source material and elevated it. The cinematography is excellent, and I love that practical effects were used instead of CGI for the relevant scenes; the use of different lighting for the various eras of time, in particular, was brilliantly done and very effective. Music can make or break a film for me, and while it doesn't have many tracks, the score by Peter Spierig matched the haunting atmosphere of the film perfectly. Ethan Hawke was really good in this, but the best performance by far came from Sarah Snook, and I'm shocked she didn't win many awards that year; she was just brilliant, and completely stole the show. On the whole, I thoroughly enjoyed Predestination, and while I can understand why some people aren't a fan, it's definitely getting added to my list of favourite films.