Finally! A masterpiece.
Recently, I have had somewhat of a dry spell Tragic because watching films is how I relax, but alarmingly I work in a cinema. A perk of the job is seeing movies for free so when nothing but Kingsman held my attention and gained my praise; in a year set to raise the bar for cinema. I was worried.
Fortunately, Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton saved the day, and my faith in the film industry. With a musical score guaranteed to get in your bones it's not just the visual and dialogue that won me over. An eclectic taste of sounds reminiscent of Queened of the Damned in the way the music is popular and hypnotic.
Adam and Eve, black and white, the visuals tell a tell of two very different souls who cannot be without the other. The pace is slow but steady, the storyline sparse yet full. There is so much more to this film than merely what you witness. Powers of suggestion are rife and parts are left to the beauty of imagination.
Mainstream may not hold a place for this but there's an empty slot on my shelf which will.
5 Stars *****
<3 the soundtrack <3
<3 the colours/use of light <3
