Chapter 27 (2007)

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This was one of the most cringe-worthy movies i have ever seen. I love Jared Leto but the character was too much for me. So much mentally disturbance it makes me sick. The film as a whole was in it's essence a "meh" representation of that single moment of death. To be honest, i expected from Chapman to leave at some point and then come back, obviously that didn't happened .

I've only seen Jared Leto in two film roles, "Dallas Buyers Club" and now this one. Two more diametrically opposed movie characters would be hard to come up with. Leto puts a lot into his craft and he's to be commended for a job well done here. He captured I think, the essence of a tortured soul who found expression in the murder of a music icon. Based on only my knowledge of the events reported in the news at the time and on what I've read about Mark David Chapman following his capture, the movie seemed to offer a fairly accurate representation of Chapman's convoluted thinking in his quest for notoriety. His lapses into and out of paranoia and obsession turned deadly on the night of December 8th, 1980, and for anyone around at the time, the shot that killed Lennon reverberated around the world in much the same manner as the ones that felled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King. I don't agree with a handful of reviewers who lament the movie as a glorification of Chapman, that just seems convoluted to me. A representation of historical fact tastefully done can help educate entire new generations of people who hadn't even been born yet, and act as an impetus for further research for those so inclined.

Here is a powerful portrait of the tortured and alienated man who stalked and killed John Lennon.Jared Leto is scary as the alternately withdrawn and clingy, slow-talking loner John Chapman. Also excellent is Lindsay Lohan as a Beatles groupie who is slow to pick up on Chapman's weirdness but flees him in time to stay safe.Manhattan is a glowing backdrop in this tale of misdirected rage, and the musical score works well here to heighten the drama. Yet, surprisingly, there is no Beatles music in this film."Chapter 27" hints at the devastating effects of social isolation and the horror that can result when people don't take a ticking time bomb seriously.One glaring and frustrating omission is the lack of almost anything about Chapman's background. Given this film's interest in psychology, this paucity accounts for my ranking this film only a "5".