+11
Blue Ruin has been on my watchlist for a while - I'll probably get around to seeing it one day soon, because from the moment I heard about it I was itching to give it a go.
81. Brick - The first film from my ballot to show! Brick could be considered a 'gimmick' movie, with it's typical noir storyline transposed to high school and kids instead of grimy old hardened private detectives and filthy crooks - but the execution is so on-point that this transferal works in the film's favour. It's a pretty tense and compelling case of murder, loss, regret and crime - with a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt doing a sterling job. Most of the credit went to Rian Johnson - and for a moment everyone was on his side (Star Wars would change all of that 12 years later) - this was his directorial debut. A real moody film that delves all the way back into the film noir classics of old - with the smart dialogue probably my favourite carryover. This one caught me by surprise, and was different enough to be very much worth seeking out. I had it at #17.
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Seen : 11/20
I'd never even heard of : 3/20
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 6/20
Films from my list : 1
#81 - My #17 - Brick (2005)
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