The Counselor
I can’t blame myself in early 2020 having such a negative reaction towards this. I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into, and blamed it on the film for being incomprehensible. <PERSON> monologues hurt my wittle baby brain.
While I’m not here to reclaim this as some misunderstood masterpiece, I’m absolutely able to pick up on intention and when I just missed the point the first time around. There’s a fascinating reason as to why this film plays out and feels the way it does, it isn’t something that’s meant to be entertaining, it actually seems like the antithesis of that.
It’s exploring crime and all the themes that come with it in a very matter of fact and harrowing manner. 952
Probably one of the darkest films I’ve seen on the subject. Just some real nihilistic and unforgiving shit. Finding out <PERSON> basically dedicated this to <PERSON> also gave me a bit more to appreciate about it, and brought a little tear to my eye.
Prime example of something I’m fascinated by yet just can’t say I particularly like. Not really sure why I watched this again, but I guess I’m glad I got a little more out of it.
<PERSON> doing some wild ass shit in this, will never be forgetting about it! That <PERSON> scene is absolutely bonkers. <PERSON>, no words. 475