Can feel derivative with the whole concept at times, but there’s enough energy in here from both cast and crew to make this a wild time. Genuinely unsettling in spurts, Zoë Kravitz knows her psychological horror shit alright.

Feeling immersed and lost within a film’s world is one thing, but what Moonlight does that transcends its genre is the intimacy it creates with the viewer. Not in a romantic or sexy kind of way - Jenkins has the special talent of bringing us into the world that the characters find themselves living through day-by-day, chiefly Chiron. Everything he sees, we see. Everything he feels, we feel. When time jumps nearly a decade or so and the frames momentarily…
It suffers from a lot of things rom-coms usually stumble across (an absolutely non-sensical plot line, undercooked third act, a few hit-or-miss punchlines), but I had the fattest smile on my face as it ended and I think that’s all that really matters. Wholesome as shit!
It’s a bit of a letdown that I’m seemingly not on the “Creed” train like everybody else, but I am really only one movie in and haven’t seen any of the films from the original Rocky saga. Still though, Creed at its best is a truly inspiring film rooted with courage and integrity and doesn’t hold back any punches (pun intended). The Jordan + Stallone duo just rules, and this was surprisingly way more dynamic and energetic in its direction than what I initially expected.
Wright kills it here production/aesthetic wise, and once again proves he has just such killer music taste while in the game right now. Sadly, this is close to the definition of a “downhill-going” film. Starts out incredibly intriguing, particularly with the introduction of Anya Taylor-Joy’s character, who far and away gives the best performance in the entire film. It’s just one of those cases where the third act falls completely flat in a mainly thematic sense and kinda ruins a majority of the movie for me, which was already starting to get bogged down with pacing issues and a muddled screenplay midway through.
Might actually be Fincher’s best shot film? I’m not 100% sure, but regardless, winter on a little island in Sweden could never look more bleak but gorgeous in the hands of another director.
There’s not really a similar experience like watching a Fincher film for the very first time - within seconds, its his control over his craft in symphony with the editing (*chef’s kiss*) that completely takes over.
The ending was surprising to say the least, but I don’t know, I think I liked it?