Faster than a speeding bullet...Hollywoodland scores a home run in terms of both sentiment and the recreation of the 1940s entertainment industry. It even sows the seeds for the irreverent change that would sweep the business on the edge of time that this movie closes on.
Almost a rhetoric on Los Angeles living in its time, it masquerades as a murder mystery, but remains unresolved till the end. The multiplicity of scenarios that could have happened are played, and eventually left to the imagination of the viewer.
And the best part is that its a true story. The story of George Reeves (brilliantly portrayed by Ben Affleck), the first-ever Superman, his rise to fame, and his battle to stay afloat in a business that only seemed to drown him towards inevitable anonymity.
One of the few films that tell a true story ever so effortlessly, without seeming too factual and profound. Some scenes cannot help but be embedded in your psyche, and there's no doubt that they'll be there till the end of time. Especially the one where Affleck tries to create footage of him being physically fit enough to wrestle. The embarrassment and the projected shame of the situation make this sequence, heart-wrenching.
I highly recommend Hollywoodland to people who appreciate the movies.
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