How To Write An Essay About The Movie Goodtime

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I believe the film Goodtime was very well directed. Even Though I've recently just come across this movie, I viewed the film as harsh, honest and real, I believe the direction the director intended to go was to present something that can be relatable even if you haven't been in a situation like this but may expect to perhaps react the same way by the use of dramatic camera shots and suspenseful background music really established this film.
The film Goodtime takes place in the account of a street crook who he and his mentally challenged brother are in desperate need of money, decide to do a bank heist. The first few scenes of the movie show things going completely wrong for the brothers in terms of the mentally challenged brother Nick played by Ben Safdie getting caught and arrested. This is a
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From suspenseful techno music that put you on the edge of your seat to dark and dramatic instrumentals that play. The film is very unpredictable you never know what to expect. Coming into it the film does a fairly good job on the setting and the music as it is loud as if it's supposed to have as much attention as the story itself which reminded me of how the music was mixed in and it is one of the reasons why The premise of this film has and it still does its job of establishing Robert Pattinson and his brother's characters as real people even if it they aren't one of the good guys that are typically rooted for and it's through his actions and the way he commits to try and rescue his brother and his strive to deal with anxious situations that tells a lot about who he is as a person as someone who's just really on the edge and for the most part it's pretty great In terms of adding another stylistic element

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