Effective

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2013)

I didn't really have much of any expectations for this. I never really looked forward to it, the only reason now being that it's going to be a huge Oscar contender. But you know what, this was really excellent. The editing and directing are totally in-tune to the kind of tone it wants the film to have. The technical aspects of it are not that original, we've seen this super-hyper style editing before, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work. The acting is really great, with Tom Hanks giving the best performance I've seen from him. I haven't seen his first Oscar win, but Forrest Gump I've always thought is really overrated. Overall, this is really powerful stuff.