holy cow

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2009)

This movie is cinematic genius in every way imaginable. I have never been so moved, so tensed, so opened, & so astonished in a long time. I feel this is one of the best movies ever made.
You will be gripping your fingers in your palms really tightly through some scenes in this movie until you bleed, and you won't even notice it. You will be grinding your teeth too - I recommend wearing a teeth guard, or shoving some paper towels in your mouth.
What makes this movie so incredible and so highly respected?
1. Cinematography 2. Tension
All the actors and director and producers and location scouters were perfect too.
Those 2 points are right on the money. It gets deep inside you while watching it. It tickles your organs with a dirty sharp finger.
This movie has more tension than most horror movies, seriously. I'm extremely surprised that this flick isn't in the top 100 on IMDb, but it made the top 250.
BTW, you will understand how much work went into this movie by watching the bonus features. They did such innovative things in this film that make these current 2009 flicks look like cheap VHS home movies.
This movie, though very different in times and so forth, is similar to the amount of work that went into Apocalyptico (sp?).... incredible sets... incredible story... incredible tension.
I will explore other works from the director, writes, and cinematographers who did this film, and hopefully come across such a beautiful piece of art like Children of Men. A+