So fucking good. Excuse me while I go and drop my Pathaan rating a tiny bit.
It's not that the other SRK film of the year isn't good. It's just that Atlee's Jawan is so subversive, and allows me to see the breadth of what a classic masala film can achieve. As well as this film's ability to speak and deliver messages to a general audience left me thinking about what Hollywood had to offer. Barbie? Sorry I don't know…
It’s 3 minutes long but it feels like classic Terence Davies. With a static shot of a serene landscape, Davies’ poetry and Florencia Di Concilio’s soundtrack work in tandem to deliver a powerful emotional wallop.
Can’t wait for new Davies.
Y'ALL
i had the shittiest of days and watching this movie cleared my mind and probably added 10 years to my life expectancy
Brief review and no star rating because I watched this unsubtitled but wow. This is some of Miyazaki’s most beautiful backgrounds and delivered as something really personal. So many images and scenes are seared into my brain. The opening sequence immediately brought me to tears, and I never failed to be moved throughout the rest of the film. I feel so lucky to have seen a grand master’s final work on the big screen on opening day.
