Somehow, Palpatine returned.
Outside of being a truly terrible line it also perfectly encapsulates the biggest problem with this whole film & the sequel trilogy as a whole. There's no thought put into an overarching narrative that makes sense. Each film exists in spite of the others. The two previous entries both establish different ideas and themes with very little connecting tissue. I'm pretty sure it's even been confirmed that there was no actual plan.
The Rise of Skywalker takes almost…
It's funny what time & distance does for us. Reflecting back it's interesting the legacy that The Last Jedi has left. It was super divisive upon release; to a vitriolic degree. The sheer extremity of the reactions from those involved was insane. How were we to know that what would follow would retroactively affect how the sequel trilogy would come to be viewed. A disappointing failure. Something I'm gonna explore a bit further soon...
However returning to The Last Jedi after…
Look, Minecraft played a big role in my life growing up. Like every other kid I spent a good portion of my teens playing it and trying to become a successful gaming YouTuber at the same time. Alas, I did not succeed and so now I've been stuck working a retail job since I was 20. Booo to reality.
This is the type of source material that really doesn't translate to a different medium. Simply due to how open the…
When a film looks this good it has to do a lot wrong for me not to enjoy it. Maybe there's an argument of style over substance here but I can't agree with that sentiment. There's something unexplainable about my enjoyment of The Souvenir. I can't relate to the experience within and there's a part of me that holds a certain level of disdain for the characters due to the difference in class. There is a level of self-awareness about…
When was the last time a blockbuster (MCU excluded) actually delivered?
What Villeneuve and Co have crafted here is something truly excellent. It is everything I want from a blockbuster. Massive in scale but not dumbed down or playing it safe, it's the type of film you don't see studios take risks on anymore. I genuinely adore every element of this but I'm waiting to rewatch it before I make any extravagantly sweeping statements about its quality or potential legacy.…
Hooptober: The First Endeavor: Film 2/31
Haneke's Horrific Home Invasion
Horror implied more than horror shown. Michael Haneke's Funny Games is a tremendously dread-filled tale of a cruel & unusual home invasion as well as a blistering commentary on the medium's (and society's) tendency to glorify violence. Now, I realise the hypocrisy is extremely apparent but I think it works on both fronts. There's no doubt that we've very much become desensitized to violence in film and there's a tendency to…
