outfox

okay damn an absolute magnification of floating on air for all 173 minutes. more alike to Oppenheimer than it realizes, and somehow even better than it. but there is no comparison with this one, really. all comparison is useless against this, all discussion at odds with other films feels moot. it's perfectionism to create a study of such an imperfect character. There is no one working today like Christopher Nolan, and whether you believe that to be for the better or for the worse, you have to accept it's true after seeing this film. it is what the world deserves

this is one of the best screenplays ever written and then every other part is also very close to or is perfect. there is not an animated feature of the 31 years since that doesn't draw from this in some form, and for very very very very very good reason!!!

every second spend grieving is seconds that you spend keeping the memories of the one you have lost alive. i've been doing much of both these past six months, and i'll be doing it for the rest of my life. to be remembered even when gone is to be loved in the biggest way. all of that feeling, all of that dichotomy between emptiness and determination, has been captured within a beautiful two hours, and presented to us. not as mindless, half-attentioned muck, but as something worthy of our attention, of our time, of our trust. with some of the best acting and directing of any film of its year, in a year full with incredible performances and directors early on, agnes asks william to tell her a story, something that moves him. i can only imagine, upon seeing this completed work of art, the immense creative force behind it knew they were telling a story that would move the audience in a similar way, and it does. they succeeded, to showcase their love for a feeling that doesn't exist anymore, in order to keep their memory of it alive. and so shall we