Awesome, creepy, immoral, inspiring?

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2015)

Probably the best performance I've seen from Gyllenhaal, absolutely magnificent. Something about his eyes in this movie, and his character as a whole, just very creepy.
Lou Bloom is a pretty dark character. He does some twisted things to get the footage he needs. He starts to make his way up the ladder, and as he begins casually joking with the news anchors and the like, it makes you uneasy. He's just completely numb, all he lives for is his twisted profession. To watch him engage in camaraderie, it's almost a performance from Lou Bloom himself. As if he is just constantly manipulating. He knows what he wants, and he'll do what he needs to get it.
As creepy as he is, it's difficult not to admire the character's ambition and success. Admire isn't the right word, what he does is wrong, but the ambition is still respectable in a sense. Sort of like a much darker version of Jordan Belfort. It's essentially The Wolf of Wall Street, but with less money and more blood. Sort of reminiscent of Taxi Driver too.
It's difficult to put into words. Just a brilliant, twisted tale. Check it out.