Mind-twisting Fun

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2010)

This is probably one of the best movies I've seen in a while that has recently come out. Scorsese has created an amazing, dark mystery where half the time I had not quite a clue what was going on, even though I was totally gripped by it. I pretty much liked everything: the story, the acting (which features DiCaprio's best performance since The Aviator), the atmosphere, all of it. DiCaprio is able to bring forth such great feeling as Teddy, that he has really shown his acting chops here. However, I never truly believed Ben Kingsley, not that it was bad acting, but that he was a bad liar. Most times he didn't sound very sincere when he's trying to deny that he knows anything about what's going on. On the whole it was a great performance. Also, the dream sequences and constant plot-twists just kept pulling me in until I was trying to work it all out in my head, even when it was all over. Overall this is another Scorsese masterpiece that will probably be watched and studied in the future.