Killers of the Flower Moon
Directed by Martin ScorseseThe story takes place in the 1920s around the Osage Indian tribe living in Oklahoma. Native Americans are being killed one by one after the tribe becomes rich by discovering oil. The Osage massacre attracts the attention of the FBI, which begins an investigation.
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- RyezooFebruary 4, 2025The longer its been since I watched it the more it has grown on me. Super surprised by how good Robert DeNiro was. Leonardo was also awesome as always and a different character we aren't always used to seeing from him. Martin Scorsese still killing it.
- The Gutter MonkeyFebruary 25, 2025It wasn't bad, but I expected more from Scorsese. There weren't really any characters to relate to and, at times, it felt more like an attempt at a lecture than a compelling story.
- TanalienJanuary 9, 2025Martin Scorsese, the director of this film, is in a league of his own because his films taken together feel like an entire genre. Perhaps this is because the most Scorsese-ian question can also be found in Killers of the Flower Moon: How can men, whose actions are clearly evil, continue to believe in their righteousness? Every Scorsese movie is an honest investigation of such questions, but one should never expect any answers. In the pursuit of these questions, Killers of the Flower Moon weighs heavily on the mind. I did not know this story. Scorsese pulls no punches by ensuring the telling is not sanitized. None of the horrible events become normalized. Over the course of a viewing, Scorsese’s other films desensitize us to criminally bad behavior but, in Killers of the Flower Moon, he does the opposite. Every act of violence is added trauma. The cumulative impact of the murders is harrowing.
- rg9400November 1, 2024So to start, I do need to highlight that the movie, which clocks in at 3.5 hours, is definitely something that needed some stronger editing. Certain sections manage to feel rushed (!!!!!) despite the runtime, while others drag. The pacing is not nearly as tight as it should be, and the length itself is not the issue. I did not have this engagement issue with Oppenheimer which clocked in at 3 hours, so definitely something that knocked KotFM down a few pegs in my rankings. I'm fascinated by Scorsese's career trajectory, which has now arrived at this exploration of the American story as a story of sin, as a story of unspeakable horrors slowly unwinding in the guise of the moral high ground. It's a powerful thematic core that is explored to great effect here, though I do wish we got more from the perspective of Molly since she's the beating heart of this movie (and absolutely fantastic). In general, the performances all around are exceptional, with small side characters becoming fully inhabited and feeling like they live rich interior lives. The cinematography, soundtrack, score, technicals are all well executed as can be expected from one of the greats, but I don't know if there is any scene truly exceptional from a technical level that will stick with me like from some of his other movies. Though the penultimate scene is acted so phenomenally, so hauntingly, that I am sure that will. Finally, while something should be said about Scorsese turning a story centered around the birth of the FBI to a story grounded in the horrors the Osage experienced, it does still feel like an outsider's perspective. A story where the Osage are often passive, reactionary. I feel like this could have been executed better to make the actual characters more central to the story because the movie is at its best when that happens. Some really strong aspects, but noticeable weaknesses as well.
- Eric BakkeOctober 18, 2024An excellent film about humanity at its worst. An American tragedy long forgotten.
