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roger deakins hasn´t chosen wisely his latest projects. Just as darius khondji, who keeps wasting his talent with woody allen

sicario isn’t a “bad” movie, it’s just really annoying to watch. a lot of my current frustration was definitely caused by the other moviegoers at my screening, who were reacting to the intense violence/torture as if it was a marvel movie or something. 

i think the point of the film was to explore just how unfocused the war on drugs is (which is true and should have been more adequately examined), but the audience i saw this with definitely attributed the horrible characters (mostly Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin) as legit (and sometimes humorous?) heroes, and that immediately makes the film much less effective. it wasn’t able to properly address its point of view. 

Brolin is a seasoned "consultant" who is so blatantly jaded to his losing battle that he has no other option but resort to levity. Blunt is a dedicated, exemplary by-the-book task force officer who knows she doesn't even scratch the surface of victory against bad guys. And del Toro is just a columbian ronin who is out to get revenge on the kingpin who 1. Made him who he is and 2. brutally murdered his family.

We interact with the two men through Blunts perspective. And as such, we are thrown into the middle of this chapter of the story just as she is. Clueless and in the dark. You mentioned its "as annoying as Prisoners" which is the same concept of tension with an obstacle. You say this mainly because you are ignorant.

The performances you watch in either of these movies by Denis is not just acting. It is a psychological display of emotions in the universe of these characters. In Sicario, it's obvious the antagonist is a drug cartel leader. But it is the antagonistic affect drugs have on these three strangers that tells the story.

Sicario (2015), Denis Villeneuve

I don’t know… Roger Deakins’ cinematography is simply incredible and many of the action sequences are some of the most visually interesting of year, but this film also reminded me a lot of Villeneuve’s Prisoners, meaning that most of the characters are just really awful and difficult to watch and you sort of just end up feeling gross and mad once the film ultimately ends, so I just don’t know how to feel or what to say… it’s definitely not an enjoyable to watch, which was obviously Villeneuve’s intention, but the giggling audience I watched this with would probably disagree.