As a cynical, poison-filled, unloved, unliked, dead soul slowly rotting away in
a ugly worthless human carcass I related quite a bit with the awkward,
unsociable loner Louis Bloom, played brilliantly by Jake Gyllenhaal. One
evening, quite by accident, Louis sees freelance cameraman, Bill Paxton, filming
two police officers saving a woman from a burning car. This gives Louis an
idea and next thing you know he's out on the street filming overnight events for
the morning news. He has a natural eye for the more sensational stuff and
before long his personal drive has brought him a small amount of
notoriety. This only drives him further.
I enjoyed every second of NIGHTCRAWLER. The photography by Robert Elswit
was absolutely spellbinding, the story had me hooked from beginning to end, the
acting by the entire cast was fantastic, nice pace, smart script, satisfying
ending. The only thing that keeps this film out of my favorites films
category is it wasn't dark or misanthropic enough for my tastes. That
said, it's a great movie, I just like my dark movies to be
really dark.
Highly recommended.
