For whatever reason this movie was smashed by viewers everywhere which is completely unfair because this is exactly the type of dirty and gritty movie we need more of. This movie was a little mis advertised as a western when really it's not. Its more a drama/thriller/biography with elements of horror through out. The overall look and feel is lile that of a horror movie, much like Kurzels previous film "The Snowtown Murders" which technically IS a horror movie but is still also a drama/biography. "Snowtown" is one of the greatest true life indie horrors ever made in my opinion. Its supremely grimy in all the right ways and is equally disturbing to watch. Its a hard watch and I assume Kurzel was going for something a bit wider viewer appropriate for his sophomore film, "True History of the Kelly Gang"
This movie is a biography but much of its filler is made up of assumptions and accusations. The drama entered is of imagination and stuff that has no concrete evidence. Still, though, it makes for a great movie and in my opinion, this is just how it happened and I will refer back to this movie for my knowledge into the life of Ned Kelly. I'm not much of a reader but i understand the book this movie is based off is rather good but still I prefer movies to books every time. I appreciate the art of picture and everything that goes with it.
This movie is dark as all hell as we follow the upbringing of Ned Kelly from his childhood home with his family to going out on his own and becoming a monitor. There is lots of violence and menace and the costume design is really cool. Almost too cool for its time frame. In the end we meet an English teacher that looks like he stepped right out of 2020! Lol whats with this!?! Justin Kurzel was maybe so wrappes up in looking hip that he forgot his story takes place in the mate 1800s! Overall the clothing is a little too modern as it looks like everyone is wearing designer jeans and pants lol. I liked it though, cuz that's my style and it really spoke to me. These are my types of movies. I'm a Scorpio so of course this would resonate well with me. I admire the determination to the griminess and violence while still leaving it clean enough for a wider audience than "Snowtowm Murders" And many said the second half was worse than the first half. This is not true at all. They are equally good but the second half has a bit more slow parts and more uninteresting dialogue but at the same time the second half has most of the "wow" moments.
Strong, dirty, and good looking like me, this movie has all the traits that make this certain genre circuit a well greased machine.
This movie is dark as all hell as we follow the upbringing of Ned Kelly from his childhood home with his family to going out on his own and becoming a monitor. There is lots of violence and menace and the costume design is really cool. Almost too cool for its time frame. In the end we meet an English teacher that looks like he stepped right out of 2020! Lol whats with this!?! Justin Kurzel was maybe so wrappes up in looking hip that he forgot his story takes place in the mate 1800s! Overall the clothing is a little too modern as it looks like everyone is wearing designer jeans and pants lol. I liked it though, cuz that's my style and it really spoke to me. These are my types of movies. I'm a Scorpio so of course this would resonate well with me. I admire the determination to the griminess and violence while still leaving it clean enough for a wider audience than "Snowtowm Murders" And many said the second half was worse than the first half. This is not true at all. They are equally good but the second half has a bit more slow parts and more uninteresting dialogue but at the same time the second half has most of the "wow" moments.
Strong, dirty, and good looking like me, this movie has all the traits that make this certain genre circuit a well greased machine.