It’s a fascinating true story and they go to great lengths to evoke the period and place but (and this might have been due to the heating being turned up a few notches in the cinema) but it seemed to go on forever. I get what Scorsese was doing in showing us their guilt, drawn out by the investigation and trial, but the last half just wasn’t as gripping as the first one where we get drip fed the ruthless plan. Oppenheimer was longer (and had a trial at the end) but I felt it needed that time and it kept you engaged right to the end, unlike KotFM. That’s not to say there isn’t a lot to like about the film and it is a story that needed to be told, but perhaps at a shorter length (or in a cooler cinema).
26th October: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023):
It’s a fascinating true story and they go to great lengths to evoke the period and place but (and this might have been due to the heating being turned up a few notches in the cinema) but it seemed to go on forever. I get what Scorsese was doing in showing us their guilt, drawn out by the investigation and trial, but the last half just wasn’t as gripping as the first one where we get drip fed the ruthless plan. Oppenheimer was longer (and had a trial at the end) but I felt it needed that time and it kept you engaged right to the end, unlike KotFM. That’s not to say there isn’t a lot to like about the film and it is a story that needed to be told, but perhaps at a shorter length (or in a cooler cinema).