Most powerful movie I have ever seen.

Rating: 10/10 (23 August 2004)

Requiem for a Dream, is easily the most powerful movie I have ever seen. It is also one of my most favorite movies, possibly the top.

A true story, this also happened to a couple friends of mine as well. I watch the movie, and when it ends, I just sit there in awe, the credits role by, and now there is a black screen, still I am in awe. It really hits you that hard that you, well some, that you are left in some sort of shock.
Back to the praising, of course the most powerful factor of this movie's greatness is the soundtrack of it. The music seems to depict the mood, the feeling, the setting, perfectly for each and every scene. Just the music alone can take you from happy to melancholy in a heartbeat.

Now the acting, off the charts on everyone's part, a real good thing about this movie that you might not realize at first, is that the cast is extremely small compared to most movies, there are a few hectic scenes, but besides that it is a very focused and solitary cast. Which I found to be very productive, makes you sort of bond with the characters, helps you connect. As for anyone in specific, it was a new role for Marlon Wayans, really shows his acting ability.
This movie does something that some movies try to do, but can not fully produce, is that it takes you on an immense roller coaster ride. Starts you off feeling good, and then, it plummets you down, and when you think it can't get any worse, it does. And at the end of the movie you are begging for this coaster to take you up, it leaves you for dead. Pretty vivid image and you will not understand it until you have watched the movie.

This movie is not about the drugs, its about the drug addictions, and the horror of them.
It is a work of art.