Starring: Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky (Ha! I can finally spell his name without having to Google it.)
The Positives:
- When this film's dramatic beats hit, they hit HARD.
- Marlon Wayans was finally in a good movie!
- A Dylan Baker cameo!
- A Shooter McGavin cameo!
- Jennifer Connelly bush!
- The intensity of the final scenes are horrific, but Darren Aronofsky finds a way to exceptionally contrast that with Jennifer Connelly's beauty… Well, ya know, up until that whole ass-to-ass thing, but by that point of the finale all Hell has broken loose anyways.
- My favorite part of films like this is the editing, and this may very well be the best use of the hip-hop montage I've ever seen (I believe that's the proper term. I normally just refer to them as Edgar Wright cuts.) These quick edits give the film a rapid, chaotic feel, which perfectly establishes the lives of these junkies.
The Negatives:
- Sometimes these edits don't work though, in which that case you are immediately taken out of the film. the use of fish-eye lenses and sped up movements might be strategically placed, but that still doesn't make them any more tolerable.
- This movie is about terrible people doing terrible things, and I can't help but feel dirty after watching this.
Grade: B
Even though the performances are strong, it's not a good as Aronofsky's more recent films. However, it is easy to see how this is a precursor to The Wrestler and Black Swan.
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