An Influencer, Mover, and Shaker

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2020)

As a modern viewer of this, many plot lines and themes seem quite familiar, from the Veteran feelings presented in Rambo, to the over all dream like substance of the smooth jazz and late 70's aesthetic shown in Joker. The key to this all, is that this movie came first, so while watching it with that modern lens makes it feel less original and less of a classic, truly it shows just why it is a great film and has the renown that it deserves. For, without this film, many modern films that we know and love today may have been very different, if exist at all. The movie has one feeling the natural unease that comes with watching those around them be corrupted and destroyed while at the same time one of them is trying to soothe you and tell you that everything is going to be all right. It's strange, it's uncomfortable, but in the end it truly is great.