#brothers bloom

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(RE)WATCHED IN 2023: The Brothers Bloom set out on their own to make their fortune as gentlemen thieves.

THE BROTHERS BLOOM (2008) DIR. RIAN JOHNSON

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Robbie Coltrane RIP

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I watched Brothers Bloom today and it gave me such Six of Crows vibes. I especially loved Rachel Weisz's character. 😂

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Brothers Bloom

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The Brother’s Bloom • Director Rian Johnson

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Recently Viewed: The Brothers Bloom

Recently, Rian Johnson has developed a reputation as the director that singlehandedly ruined Star Wars forever. And I think that’s incredibly unfair; regardless of one’s opinion on the quality of The Last Jedi (and since I already heard the same arguments way back in 1999, I personally tend to take such hyperbolic statements with a huge grain of salt), he’s an extremely talented storyteller and craftsman. Despite my fondness for his work, however, I’d previously put a little too much faith in critics’ claims that The Brothers Bloom, his sophomore effort, was one of his lesser films, and had therefore studiously avoided it… until tonight.

In many respects, Bloom is the quintessential Johnson movie: a self-aware genre deconstruction that crackles with wit and style to spare. As usual, the action unfolds in a nebulous space that exists outside of historical context: Brick’s high school students talked like hardboiled film noir detectives, Looper’s futuristic hitmen dressed like gangsters straight out of a James Cagney picture, and the protagonists here evoke the conmen, grifters, and gentlemen thieves of classic Hollywood. The plot features all the misdirection, double- and triple-crosses, and convoluted capers that the viewer would expect, but these familiar elements are remixed and reassembled in fresh and imaginative ways. The narrative frequently (almost constantly) calls attention to its own artifice, which might be frustrating in less capable hands—but is in this instance executed with effortless charm. It’s definitely not for everybody… but I don’t really care, because it does appeal to my particular cinematic tastes.

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Let's hear it for Rian Johnson

Here's to the man who is far too nice, and far too classy for your shit. 

If I was put in his position, man, I would be ~very~ short with the immense amount of bullshit being sent. I would throw middle fingers left and right. I would be crass. My whole timeline would be snark.

But we have this cute motherfucker who probably smirks before hitting that reply button. He's out there handling the stress better than anyone else can (yeah, I'm referring to the "fans"). 

He's the genius that made Brick which gets like studied at schools, or something like that.

 He made Brothers Bloom which is a cinematic masterpiece that left me talking about it for a month straight after seeing it.

Looper, a totally stunning movie that filled me with so many emotions that I didn't- couldn't talk after watching it.

 The director of The Last Jedi for heaven's sake. Everyone loved him and his work so much that he gets the next trilogy.

Don't touch the art that is Rian Johnson. Seriously.