Caught Stealing

I haven't seen any other film from darren aronofsky but this one doesn't make me interested.

Its based on a novel and the original writer of said novel even wrote the script for this film so im puzzled.
Now to be fair, writing books is very different then writing a screenplay for a film but the film struggles between being a story about fear and trauma or a sorta heist film, both aren't fleshed out enough.
See, the former has some build up but later crumbles as it doesn't know how to go further with it and the latter is really fun, especially when matt smith's character comes into the picture but then that part comes to a screeching halt as both try to mix together in the third act and its just not a good enough pay-off.

Matt smith's character is batshit insane and the best part about this film. He has this energy that all of the other characters seem to lack.
This is such a fun story that could lead to some great setpieces but the actors chosen give good performances but they should've been more manic, more crazy like him.
Overall while Austin butler plays his character with sincerity, his story feels like twists and turns just to give him something. His girlfriend and later her death are not as impactfull as the film thinks she is.
Overall while I love violence in my crime films, the deaths here feel pointless, which, maybe that was the point but it comes over so....nothing-less.

The villains of this film are also all very 1 dimensional and it feels like they are their for hank's "character arc" to get going.
I do have to say that the score has allot of oomph to it when it comes to its action sequences and the action sequences themselves are a ton of fun.

The cinematography is weird because allot of scenes looked good and some others looked very...i would not say bad, just weird. Like when russ and hank get into russes car for the first time and it cuts to russ.....it looked like a green screen background.
Caught stealing isn't bad and it can be really fun but the film tries allot things while not really doing the best it can with those elements.

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I have had a LOT of cats in my life, and not a single one would still be in a half zipped duffel when I woke up hours later.

Too much baseball in a way that felt weird to me.

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