The Brutalist (6.6/10)
The movie is not based on a real events or characters (which would have made it a bit better for me) but was completely fictional.
Spoiler-Free Movie Plot:
"The architect László Toth leaves the European continent with his wife Erzsébet and moves to the United States where they want to make the American Dream come true. Their lives change completely when the charming industrialist Harrison Van Buren makes them a proposal. The modern project to be designed will be László's most ambitious project ever."
Basically I was underwhelmed despite the fact that the long runtime never really felt like it was dragging or getting me bored. Either I didn't get the entire plot but to me it can be summed up as an immigran that comes to the US, first works in a furniture store of a friend/family member to do a job rebuilding a personal library for a rich guy which first gets hated and later loved which brings him in a position where he can do a bigger contruction that takes many years for that same guy with a lot of personal drama inbetween that I did not relate to whatsoever.
I found the first hour to be rather boring and things after 70 minutes or so getting a bit more interesting when the Van Buren (Guy Pierce) rich guy came to find him. The 2nd part after the break when his wife was back just had too many annoying drama and weird scenes that felt totally unneeded, unrealistic and awkward at times. While I didn't hate the movie as it looked ok and the acting was good, the story also just left me with an underwhelmed meh feeling being glad when it was over with.
For me this is one of those movies where many will like it because they are told that it is a great film and also liking it kind of validates them as part of the herd. I also see this as one of those 'Oscar Bait Movies' made properly with an eye on it knowing that it will score well there as it did get 10 Nominiations. At the same time, I'm sure that there are also many who genuinly love movies like The Brutalist as it fits their personal preference. This is one of those films that critics across the board love while the audience tends to be mixed on which shows in the different scores on metacritic.
That's not me however and I found this movie highly overrated and way too long without anything in it really that connected with me, captured me, or made me think about it weeks later still in a way that a movie like Paris, Texas did earlier this year. At the same time seeing The Brutalist in the cinema kept me away from distraction and it still was an ok experience which makes me still give it a respectable 6.6/10 as I also don't regret watching it even though I would not be able to view it at home because of the 3.5 Hour Runtime
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