My favorite movie of all time is a tough one. I have seen many movies, most of them really, really crappy. There have been a few spectacular ones though, and the one that stands out currently is The Machinist. This was one of the first Christian Bale movies I have seen and he quickly became my favorite actor. He lost 63 pounds for the role, without being asked by the director and claimed that he enjoyed losing the weight. There are so many plot twists in this movie that the first time I watched it I had no idea what just happened. It took me about 3 viewings to fully understand exactly what is going on in this movie.
I’ve realized that I have a trend with certain movies I like, I generally enjoy movies that mess with your head and make no sense, so that you really have to think when you watch them. I can’t stand movies with an easy joke every minute because I feel huilty turning my brain off for that hour and a half. The Machinist isn’t the enthralling movie ever made, there aren’t too many action scenes in it, and it is a tad bit long but it needs every second to fully tell the story the Scott Kosar (the screenwriter) wrote. The entire movie is weird, from Reznik’s appearance, which is basically a skeleton, to the post it notes he keeps leaving himself, to his OCD where he has to wash his hands with bleach, to the mysterious man with a big toe as a thumb who he sees but no one else does, to his paranoia about everyone trying to kill him to the very end where it all ties together. There are also a few creepy lines that are fequently repeated throughout the movie and foreshadow the ending.
Marie: Trevor, is someone chasing you?
Trevor Reznik: Not yet. But they will when they find out who I am.
Stevie: Are you okay?
Trevor Reznik: Don’t I look okay?
Stevie: If you were any thinner, you wouldn’t exist.
It also helps that Mr. Kosar is a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails, and tried to get Trent Reznor to write the soundtrack but the studio wouldn’t allow it. So he got back by naming his character Trevor Reznik.
