A good movie

Since I kept hearing some interesting things about this movie, I was quite eager to check it out. To be honest, I struggled a little bit to judge this movie. I mean, on one hand, it was visually so impressive, it felt like diving in so many Van Gogh paintings which would then come to live and this concept was just so creative, artistic and spellbinding to behold. However, on the other hand, even though Van Gogh did paint only for a rather short period of time, he did eventually become one of the most famous painters and by now there has been so many movies about him, many more than about other artists. Well, in this case, unfortunately, beside its incredible visual concept, this movie didn't have such an interesting tale to tell, I'm afraid. I mean, there were a couple of interesting ideas, for example, I did like going back where Van Gogh lived and worked before he became really famous. However, who was this guy Armand Roulin? He seemed to be a really random choice to play the lead and the fact that we didn't learn anything about him and that nothing really noteworthy happened to him either didn't help at all. Then, during his journey, he kept interviewing people who did see Van Gogh from time to time but eventually they barely had a relationship with him after all so it was hardly surprising that they all contradicted each other. Finally, the idea of turning the final hours of Van Gogh into a murder mystery might have sounded promising on paper but it was rather misguided after all. I mean, it was a known fact that the guy was heavily tormented and, even if he didn't shoot himself, he probably still wanted to die anyway so this whole goose chase felt rather pointless after all. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a visually fascinating movie, something completely unique, and only therefore it is definitely worth a look.

7/10