One of the finest aspects of the movie is the editing. Did it feel like a 3 hour 26 minute movie? Nope sir. It felt more like 2 hours and 2 minutes. I was hoping the movie to drag like most movies above the 3 hour mark usually do but the screenplay was thoroughly engaging.
Never has a three hours plus movie gone by so quickly—at least not since The Right Stuff. KFM definitely gives Oppenheimer a run for its money. There has to be an Academy award nomination in there for Robert De Niro, who gives one of his best performances. . The screenplay—also by Scorsese—is Oscar-worthy as I think that Scorsese does a brilliant job of synthesizing the complicated storylines of David Grann’s book. But he also tells the story visually, cutting between the murders and the Osage efforts to save their culture. The movie is 3 1/2 hours long but it never drags. The cinematography is outstanding, particularly the fire scene at Robert De Niro‘s farm with Leo DiCaprio and his wife, looking out the window seeing the orange flames, suggesting DiCaprio has descended into hell. Jesse Plemmons nicely underplays the role of the FBI agent with an attitude that says he knows who did it and is just waiting to find him. And of course Lily Gladstone is the moral center of the story. All in all and subject to further review by the Rewatch Official, KFM edges out Oppenheimer for Best Picture.
One of the finest aspects of the movie is the editing. Did it feel like a 3 hour 26 minute movie? Nope sir. It felt more like 2 hours and 2 minutes. I was hoping the movie to drag like most movies above the 3 hour mark usually do but the screenplay was thoroughly engaging.
Never has a three hours plus movie gone by so quickly—at least not since The Right Stuff. KFM definitely gives Oppenheimer a run for its money. There has to be an Academy award nomination in there for Robert De Niro, who gives one of his best performances. . The screenplay—also by Scorsese—is Oscar-worthy as I think that Scorsese does a brilliant job of synthesizing the complicated storylines of David Grann’s book. But he also tells the story visually, cutting between the murders and the Osage efforts to save their culture. The movie is 3 1/2 hours long but it never drags. The cinematography is outstanding, particularly the fire scene at Robert De Niro‘s farm with Leo DiCaprio and his wife, looking out the window seeing the orange flames, suggesting DiCaprio has descended into hell. Jesse Plemmons nicely underplays the role of the FBI agent with an attitude that says he knows who did it and is just waiting to find him. And of course Lily Gladstone is the moral center of the story. All in all and subject to further review by the Rewatch Official, KFM edges out Oppenheimer for Best Picture.