115 - "Killers of the Flower Moon" feat. Fabiola Soto

This is a film Roger Ebert would have loved. He loved Martin Scorsese and this film, "Killers of the Flower Moon" is just another notch on the belt. This is a western epic that deals with history in the United States. What I loved about the film is the screenplay itself. It was written so well. You have all kinds of situations that are happening at the same time and it intensifies throughout the whole film and not only does it affect the main characters, it affects society around them which would ultimately have a dominio effect all the way to the White House. I'm not kidding. My wife Fabi joins me on this epsiode because she has always wanted to see the film ever since the trailer we saw at the "Oppenheimer" screening. She's a history buff and the trailer got her hooked. This film at three hours and 26 minutes, it keeps us very engaged with a dramatic screenplay where it's really hard to stay behind these characters especially with the motives that they have which is primarily greed and it can turn your world upside down. It shows us a world where two are pretending to be nice. There's so much hate and animosity, it's great how normal the film is portraying it. We all know it's not right and goes deep as to how messed up this film gets. The cinematography is great, Scorsese once again knows choose his shots well especially going to into western territory and Thelma Schoonmaker is an editing queen who knows how to keep a scene on its toes. We didn't really stay in one shot obviously but she cuts from one certain angle to another that really navigates the story to graciously move forward. This film is a force to be reckon with, definitely awards are awaiting for Scorsese and crew. Everyone plays their roles so good, it's like a satisfying jigsaw puzzle once it's completed. It's easy for me to say that not one role is wasted, not one actor underplayed their role. To see DeNiro and DiCaprio act alongside and against each other is honestly something of a "once in a lifetime" sight and you'll exactly what I mean when youd see it. Even when it goes over the top, it's still a sight to see. I think this is one of the few three hour plus films of recent that can really be consistently entertaining and it's just how the story is told and how the stakes and schemes get higher. It can only go so high until in comes crashing down and man, it crashes down very hard and unforgiving.

Four out of four.

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