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Alright I often try to avoid giving my opinion about films in public, especially on social media and such. I feel kind of cliché or pretentious giving my opinion or critique as a film student/filmmaker.
That said, I saw the film Only The Brave yesterday afternoon and I have to see that's one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. I can't stop thinking about it, and I highly recommend that everyone go and see it.
For those who haven't heard about it, it's a true story about the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of wild land firefighters from Prescott, Arizona who made up the first municipal hot shot crew, and their subsequent experiences fighting fires, specifically:
The film stars electric performances from Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connolly, Jeff Bridges, Miles Teller, and Taylor Kitsch, as well as several others. Brolin, Kitsch, and Teller all testified to how their time researching for the roles and then shooting the film bonded them in a way they've never experienced on a film set before, and it really comes through in putting the bond between fireman on display.
It's incredibly well-written, with an excellent blend of humor and gravitas, and the cinematography is breathtaking: it really captures the destructive power that a wildfire has and drives home the idea how the devastation can move so quickly.
The Granite Mountain Hotshots are heroes and their monuments are the towns and the people they saved in their lifetime. The film itself is a triumph in motion picture storytelling, and I really hope it's given a few Academy Awards, they would be well-deserved.
That said, I saw the film Only The Brave yesterday afternoon and I have to see that's one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. I can't stop thinking about it, and I highly recommend that everyone go and see it.
For those who haven't heard about it, it's a true story about the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of wild land firefighters from Prescott, Arizona who made up the first municipal hot shot crew, and their subsequent experiences fighting fires, specifically:
The tragedy with the Yarnell Hill Fire in 2013. 19 out of 20 of the crew members were killed in a burnover, even though they deployed their fire shelters.
The film stars electric performances from Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connolly, Jeff Bridges, Miles Teller, and Taylor Kitsch, as well as several others. Brolin, Kitsch, and Teller all testified to how their time researching for the roles and then shooting the film bonded them in a way they've never experienced on a film set before, and it really comes through in putting the bond between fireman on display.
It's incredibly well-written, with an excellent blend of humor and gravitas, and the cinematography is breathtaking: it really captures the destructive power that a wildfire has and drives home the idea how the devastation can move so quickly.
The Granite Mountain Hotshots are heroes and their monuments are the towns and the people they saved in their lifetime. The film itself is a triumph in motion picture storytelling, and I really hope it's given a few Academy Awards, they would be well-deserved.
