My Brain After Watching Dirty Hari at 2 AM
Whoa. Just... whoa. My heart is still pounding and I think I might need to walk around my apartment for a bit. I literally just finished watching Dirty Hari on Netflix and my brain feels like it's been put through a blender.
I started watching this on my couch at like 11:30 PM thinking it would be some typical thriller I could fall asleep to. Wrong. So wrong. I was leaning forward so much during the last 30 minutes that my back is now killing me. At one point I actually paused it just to breathe. My roommate probably thinks I'm crazy in here making all these gasping noises.
That scene. You know the one. Where Hari is in the car with both women and the camera just holds on his face for like, an eternity. The way his eyes dart between them while he's trying to maintain that calm exterior? That's gonna live in my head rent-free for a while. The director didn't need any dialogue there, just that tight shot of his face betraying everything he was trying to hide.
It reminds me of this one time in college when I was dating two people at once (I know, I know, I was an idiot) and I ran into both of them at the same coffee shop. The way my heart stopped and I could feel sweat forming on my forehead... that's exactly what Hari looked like in that car scene. Except I just made some awkward excuse and ran away while he... well, you know what he did.
The ending though. I'm still processing it. Was it brilliant or was it completely ridiculous? I thought I loved that twist when it happened, but now that I'm typing this... was it actually kind of dumb? I don't know. The more I think about it, the more I feel like they were trying too hard to be shocking. But then again, I'm still thinking about it at 2 AM, so maybe it worked?
Watching it on Netflix was probably the right choice though. I definitely needed to pause it a few times to process what was happening. Can't imagine watching this in a theater without being able to take breaks. Plus my couch is way more comfortable than those theater seats. Though I did keep checking my phone during the slower parts which probably broke the immersion a bit.
The music in this movie is something else. That one track that keeps playing during the tense scenes? I had to Shazam it. Now it's going to be my "I'm feeling mysterious and possibly evil" playlist.
Honestly, the whole premise is kind of messed up when you think about it. This guy just decides to manipulate everyone around him for... what exactly? Ego? Fun? But I couldn't look away. It's like watching a car crash in slow motion but with better lighting and a killer soundtrack.
I need to stop thinking about this movie or I'll never sleep. But also I kind of want to rewatch it immediately to catch all the hints I missed the first time around.
7.5/10 - decent
- Ishaan