Peak filmmaking

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2020)

It was my second time viewing True Romance - the first being probably about a decade ago, around 2010. All I really remembered about it was that Gary Oldman's character was quite controversial, quite intimidating, and his performance quite impressive, while I also loosely remembered Arquette and Slater's characters falling in love. I also remember that I loved the movie thoroughly, and this time, I felt the same. It feels like a Tarantino movie because it is - his writing is clear, and if you ask me, it's one of Tarantino's best works. May I also say that Patricia Arquette in this is one of the great babes of my lifetime, if not of all time - simply stunning. Visionary, fat-free directing by Tony Scott, electric pacing designed to stimulate consistently, oodles of over-the-top sequences, a zany score by Hans Zimmer that at time reaches into realms of emotional beauty as well, and a plot structure that manages to say incredibly simple but feel completely progressive the entire time. And so many of the incredible ensemble cast only need one or two scenes to put in a classic performance, from Oldman to Walken to Hopper to Sizemore and so on. And Slater is as likable as ever. It's his Heathers character taken to an even further tier, yet in a more realistic manner. This film is sheer entertainment constructed in the most gleeful manner. Peak filmmaking.