one of the films of the decade

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2019)

This film is extremely high on my top ten films of the decade and may even be number one. This one of a few films that has left me speechless after watching and that isn't easy. It has such character, from the amazingly unique 80s synth style soundtrack to Ryan Gosling and Carey mulligan's chemistry this film in my eyes really is almost perfect. all the performances are brilliant but no one person steals the show and every relationship flows perfectly character with barely any backstory and screen time together feel like they have genuine history. I know this was a passion project for the director, Nicolas Winding Refn, and it really shows, such care and thought has been taken for every detail and the little things like having the basketball game that would later become a pivotal part in the drivers getaway on the TV in the background of the very first scene make this movie a joy to revisit. after the recent years of the Hollywood machine pumping out pandering big budget little thought films seeing this was like a waft of fresh air, truly a film where every detail is important. I think the end of this film perfectly encapsulates why i love it so much, by not exactly having a fairy tail ending the film has the emotional effect films so often lack nowadays: it leaves you wanting more, it left me with such a devastating feeling of emptiness, of yearning and that's brilliant. this is what a film should feel like, this is real cinema. overall incredible: the performances, the cinematography, the music, the way dialog is only used when really need, i love everything about this film. this is who we need ti be supporting directors like this who really care for the movies they make, please tell your friends about this film because in my eyes there's not enough people outside film enthusiast talking about this.
sorry if the reads a bit chaotic i just have such passion for this film i find it hard to organise my thoughts and feelings about it