For me, Bellflower was one of the rare movies at Sundance of which I knew almost nothing before seeing it. I heard good buzz, but didn't really know much about the plot. Surprisingly, I was blown away by this movie - I don't think it's the best film of the festival or anything, but it's an unexpectedly personal love story mixed with apocalyptic undertones. It's astonishingly unique and simply a really good movie. Parts of it are tough to watch (brutal, unflinching violence are peppered in here and there), but it also had an ineffable way of making me nostalgic for memories I've never even experienced.
The movie begins with a montage of images featured later in the film, and they're pretty haunting: we're sure this story isn't going to end happily. The proper opening introduces the two main male characters Woodrow and Aiden: they're best buds who do nothing but drink and prepare for the apocalypse by building Mad Max-style flamethrowers and muscle cars. (One of the flaws in the film is it doesn't explain what they do for a living or how they're able to afford these ridiculously expensive pieces of custom material.) When Woodrow meets Milly, they fall in the kind of love in which only hipsters can fall: driving from L.A. to Texas on their first date, drinking whiskey from a custom dispenser in Woodrow's car, generally being almost too cute for their own good. And as tacky as that sounds, this part of the movie is actually really well done. It makes you care about the characters and root for them; they're both interesting people individually and they make a good pair.
After returning to L.A., the newly-established couple continues their romantic streak - much to the unspoken chagrin of...
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