"Chaos is order yet undeciphered."

Well, that was a mind distorter if there ever was one. I don't think I can remember having left a theater so confused before. I turned to the man next to me, who I noticed had also gone to see the same film, and noticed that he was shaking his head. "What did you think of it?," I asked him. "Not good... not good at all." And I totally understood where he was coming from, because who could have been prepared for a film (or an ending, for that matter) like that?

Yet I was not on the same page; I loved Enemy. I LOVED it. Maybe it has to do with my appreciation for…

Beautifully shot and exceptionally acted, Enemy is a nightmare of a film for both its protagonists and its audience. Before I start to theorize like a moron, I have to say a few things without spoilers. Enemy showcases just how good an actor Gyllenhaal can be. The subtleties in his performance are extraordinary. In mostly wordless scenes he still manages to give each version of his characters an identity. Melanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon are both stunning as well, with Gadon blowing me away completely in many a scene where her expressions are worth a thousand words. Vileneuve has shot everything in a sickly, nicotine stained palette, instilling his film with a disturbing atmosphere from the get go.

*here be…

Did you have a good day at school?

I haven’t watched this film for four years because I have a crippling fear of the ending. When I first saw it I had absolutely no clue what it was about in the slightest so it was interesting navigating my way through this story that I was deeply interested in. So by the time I got to the very end I was put into full on panic mode to the point of crying so thanks Denis. 

This is the first time I’m revisiting this since then (btw I still look away from the ending) and I still can’t wrap my head around certain aspects. But my feelings for this still haven’t changed…