Some people are artists....

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2009)

I have to admit I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie. I always thought David Fincher was an artist, but, to be honest he kind of let me down with Panic Room, and the following Zodiac was not so much better. I was beginning to think he lost his touch. But then he comes to us with this movie, a true masterpiece of our time, a movie that keeps you on screen with it's characters, a story that follows the line of life with it's ups and downs, with it's joyful or sorrow times, sometimes as beautiful as the hummingbird flying far over the ocean, sometimes as dark as blood spilled in clean water. All this shown to us while the movie gets more colored every minute, starting from almost black and white, like a very old cop movie, and finishing in a 21st century perfect edited shots. I was amazed to see this so well put to the screen, especially the way this film shows it. That being backwards.
Of course Fincher is not the only artist to deserve praising for this jewel. Eric Roth and Robin Swicord did it with the script. The music is very well placed and sometimes so subtle that when it isn't there anymore you don't even realize it. You just wait, not knowing what for, until it comes back. The cast is perfect. Pitt and Blanchett gave excellent performances. But not only the leading actors shine here. I especially liked Jared Harris (captain Mike) and Tilda Swinton. They manage to steal every scene they're in.
Although I see it somewhere between Forrest Gump and The Journal, this movie manages to surpass them both, and I think it deserves the first 10/10 from me this year.