Brilliance

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2014)

This is one of those movies that I really love, but can understand why some don't. It's slow, major things don't really happen all that much, and everything revolves around Daniel Day-Lewis. But god damn it, everything should revolve around him! The man is a genius! Truly brilliant from him. Everything is well-thought and executed. Every move, every tone of his voice. And the screenplay is worth mentioning, because rarely has there been a film that more perfectly watches a man lose his mind so effortlessly, so smoothly. The only thing I can think of, that compares, is Taxi Driver.
The score is, to me, perfect and I really enjoy the cinematography of the movie. It is beautiful. Paul Dano is unrighteously bashed for TWBB, even though he gave a stellar performance. I find it outrageous.
This is my #1 movie of all time. And it's because of Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano and Paul Thomas Anderson who makes yet another brilliant screenplay and a show of his skills as a director.