my notes

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2019)

Great movie with a great story, beastly acting, and an awesome musical score. russell crow killed it, so did connelly. i even enjoyed the love story aspect. and there were some powerful moments as well as emotional ones. i would normally avoid emotion-y bio pics, but this was an exceptional exception. i dunno if i'd rewatch it a bunch of times, but probably warrants another viewing. i watched it once when i visited Palestine when i was like 19, i remember liking it but was never considering rewatching it... until i went through a phase of rewatching a bunch of old movies to see if they were actually good. (2 viewings)

SPOILERS

i didn't remember much from the first time, but i kind of knew his genius mind would make him go crazy. having known that, and having watched it before, how awesome is it that i still got the business from the twist? i absolutely did not remember that all the government stuff was in his mind, and even his room mate and his niece. once the reveal happened, it started coming back to me, and i got good goosebumps. i wish i could forget movies so i could rewatch them for the first time again. with this one i got lucky.