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Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2015)

From the time I first saw a trailer for "Nightcrawler," I was intrigued. It's hard to say exactly what it was that drew me to the film, as isn't wasn't any one particular thing, but rather a series of things that interested me in the picture.
Firstly, I'm a longtime fan of Jake Gyllenhaal. Not only is he drop dead gorgeous, but he's unbelievably talented. I've watched him grow as an actor over the years and he is so convincing in his role in this film as "Lou Bloom" he's almost unrecognizable, which I mean in the most complimentary way. Usually, when I'm watching a movie, I find it difficult to lose sight of the fact I'm watching an actor give a performance. But with Gyllenhaal as Bloom, I was completely drawn into both the character and the story in such a way I forgot I was watching an actor's performance at times. He is that believable.
Another element I really admired was the film's neo-noir style. Aesthetically, I love how the city of Los Angeles, and its surrounding areas, are depicted in the film. The gritty color palette, the foreboding tone, everything. There's just something incredibly interesting about seeing a seedy side of the "City of Angels" that is normally glossed over in most pictures which depict it as glitzy and glamorous.
...and then there's that beautiful Dodge Challenger SRT8. Easily the best-looking modern muscle car. Its blood red color some might say is a perfect symbolic color representation of the blood money it took to purchase it.
Technically, Lou Bloom is a villain protagonist, but Gyllenhaal's performance is so spectacular, that even when you want to hate the character for something particularly nefarious he does, he somehow manages to charm you again...I don't know, maybe that's just me...but then again, it is hard to resist those eyes.