I actually consider this to be the best and my personal favorite Jean Luc Godard movie.

Don't get me wrong, he has indeed made other terrific and perfect and downright great films including the likes of Alphaville, Contempt (Le Mepris), My Life to Live (Vivre sa Vie), Crazy Pete (Pierrot Le Fou), A bout de souffle (Breathless), Band of Outsiders and others, but to me personally, although there are folks who disagree and I have seen some call it dated, boring and pretentious etc, "Weekend" (1967) is his absolute greatest achievement, one of the top 20 best films of the 1960s for sure and without a doubt one of my top 50 favorite movies for sure.

Everything about it is just so terrific. The surrealism, the acting, the photography and cinematography, stylish camera work, terrific locations and use of colour as well as texts on screen, the dark humour and even yes the shock value. Considering that this was 1967, as of now about 54 years ago, the violence, adult themes and shock value even gives some of today's movies including gory horror ones a run for their money. It really was ahead in many ways of its time but shock value wise especially. With scenes and themes of cannibalism, dead bodies and blood, adult themes also etc. And I must also say that the movie to me did NOT date in any way, it still looks very fresh and very watchable today and in many aspects it doesn't even FEEL like a 60s movie and some of its scenes and dialogue are just as relevant to today's times and it also makes me feel like in 1967, France or otherwise, the world was NO less modern than it was today, bearing in mind even such small facts as to how we today live in a digital age with mobile phones, wi-fi and accessible internet on every corner. Some of the cars and vehicles displayed here are even more alluring than some of the modern transport we come across today.

In any case, it really is an AMAZING and totally brilliant movie, easily 10 out of 10 from me and I actually consider this to be the director's best work and my personal favorite films of his. Not to mention, it even proved to be highly influential too, and I am sure that even some of David Lynch's films like "Wild at Heart" (1990) and even the likes of Ruggero Deodato's exploitation cannibal horror including his most notorious "Cannibal Holocaust" (1980) would NOT have been possible without it. Oh YES!