Rian Johnson is the talk of Hollywood
right now. People are calling him the next Christopher Nolan. He
recently directed the big budget blockbuster Looper, but
what was Johnson's Memento, what
was the movie that put him on the map. The answer, of course, is
Brick, which like
Looper also features
Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Brick is
an interesting film because at it's heart is the old noir capers of
the 40s, but instead of taking place in a rainy New York City, the
story is transposed to a high school in southern California. Brick
is a cool movie that's fun to
watch, but I'm still not quite sure that the plot makes much sense.
But that's okay, because like most classic noir movies, it doesn't
matter if the plot makes sense so long as the characters think it
does.
