I keep thinking about "Bronson", a movie I saw this weekend. It's about
Britain's most violent prisoner, still alive and serving
time.
Funny thing, I didn't even want to see it, cause I hated
"Drive" from the same director - it was too violent and too artsy, not
in a good way. But everyone was raging how good Tom Hardy was in
"Bronson", and since I'm going through a Tom Hardy phase, I made myself
watch it.
Now I wasn't really that stricken by the movie right
away, I didn't really know what to make of it. But now I realize it just
doesn't let go of me. I keep thinking about it. Can't really pin point
why, is it the movie itself, is it Hardy or is it the story. It's probably a bit of
everything, but to be honest, I guess it's mostly Hardy. It's difficult
NOT to relate to the character he portrays, with his enormous charisma,
and I'm afraid he's too handsome even with a shaved head and an
intimidating mustache.
Refn has created a movie that's carefully mimicking the character's personality and life - crazy, pointless and doomed on one hand, but humorous, self content and fascinating on the other.
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