Beautiful and Brutal

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2007)

This movie is an amazing movie. It is one of the most daring movies I have seen, aside from Broke Back Mountain. I'll start by saying that this movie is not for everyone. This movie is beautiful in its harsh brutality and realness. Most people who go to watch movies expect predictable plots and happy endings all of which are nice, but not in conformity with reality. Ellen Burstyn is phenomenal. The speech she gave to her son Harry about how lowliness was killing her was touching and hard to hear. Jared Leto and Marlon Wayans surprised with the brilliance of their acting. Jennifer Connelly was equally great. The ending of this movie is one of the most brutal and sad endings I have seen and it helps to appreciate life that much more. Man can make himself great, but this movie shows you how he can be as destructive as the devil to himself. As I have said before, this movie is not a popular movie, not meant for simple people. It is a movie for intelligent people, spiritual people, philosophical people. In order to really appreciate your life, you must see how much other people have it worse than you. This movie will help you see that. I recommend this movie to any person who likes to meditate on his/her life, to any dreamer, to any intelligent being who will movies like The Transporter to those who cannot admire true beauty.