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great action can't save a bloated script seemingly written by the entity itself

not a flawless film — a few characters are in a campy broadway show while the rest of the cast is in a movie, and the unraveling of the second half, while thematically sound, still kinda lost me

but adrien brody is great and yes the opening shot is nirvana. made me think of my parents' journey to the states. the Italy stuff is fantastic and surreal, and more than anything the movie has me dying to know what these characters' lives were like before the war

hate to be that guy but everything up to the intermission is perfect...it does just make some decisions thereafter that aren't as compelling. it's the first movie in a while that I didn't love but would still recommend

honestly really surprised by how much i enjoyed the coke-addled cgi popstar monkey biopic. falls into some biopic cliches at times but you don't really notice because it's a god damned monkey. prompted a robbie williams youtube marathon afterwards, fascinating guy...

a surprising jump in quality from the first movie, this sequel does make an attempt to be taken more seriously. ultimately I'll prob never watch it again but at least I wasn't pissed off

i disagree with the consensus take that this movie knows how dumb it is. Gerard has real charisma but is disserviced by some truly head-scratching dialogue. if i may be a hater, this movie is undeserving of its cult following

nosferrrratu prompted a rewatch of this one and I'm glad it did. thought it was fine when I saw it in theaters but this time i was able to buy into the premise and enjoyed it. i will say though it was incredible when the authorities are trying to find out which slave is killing all of their men at night and amlet is standing there 3x bigger than everyone else and they're just like "huh...it could be anyone..."

count orlock your smoke is too tough...your swag is too different... they'll kill you

i guess it's pretty funny that ridley scott made a film with the sole purpose of congratulating himself for making the previous film. stale cinematography and an offensively cheesy climax doom a CGI-slop fest that, on a lighter note, featured a fun exhibition from denzel. this movie is at the very top of the "why did they make this" list

like many of you i am appreciative that a film with this large a budget was ambitious and took risks, especially after (during?) the Marvelification of hollywood. sadly that sentiment does not save us from the fact that this movie was kinda bad. i wanted to like it but it was sloppy and a chore at times, an abundance of messages and ideas that never really come together. some fun performances here and there, and a genuine earnesty that i ired, but ultimately falls short of "good" or even "middling"

however i am excited to be wrong about this in approximately 20 years

felt like a fan edited 3 seasons of a tv show into one movie like breaking bad superfans used to do in the mid 2010s. motivations didn't make a ton of sense but the music rocked and there was some fun, if not tacky cinematography

looking at zendaya bumped this up a whole star in my rating

I was not expecting a satirical comedy about the limitations of bureaucacy but it was very well done

this is me if I were a movie: as fun as I am dumb

I enjoyed watching -- I do wonder if it needed an extra 25-30 mins let us live in those climaxes a bit longer. prompted a "top 10 Rey Mysterio moments" youtube search afterwards

this is the movies

i really enjoy the new planet of the apes movies (Matt Reeves salute) despite how silly they can look at times. I think they're like two steps smarter than your average blockbuster and that makes for a perfect viewing experience for someone like me who likes to go to the movies and say "hell yes. get his ass."

this latest entry benefited from not having to deal in the world-building that the previous films did. it got to utilize a very straightforward plot with some heart and humor, and I loved the emperor ape guy who just wanted to open the vault. like let him open the damn vault what's the big deal

costume design for the humans was a bit of a miss for me (they're wearing like cave man clothes but the clothes looked like they just came fresh out of laundry) but I loved that everything was shot on location, gave it some realism that is needed for a movie about talking CGI apes

can't believe it's up for debate, she definitely did that shit

austin butler

alex garland heads like myself can breathe a sigh of relief. everything about the wind-up to this movie made me feel like it might be an eye-roll, but the film was so wildly different than the one I had been imagining

in the US, we grow up watching countless war films that take place either in developing countries or are period-piece WWII stories. at the risk of sounding very priviledged, there is something so god-damned unsettling about watching a grounded war film that takes place in and around locations that I'm deeply familiar with. seeing anti-aircraft fire lighting up the sky of a virginia interstate highway genuinely depressed me

that this film is a warning about political inaction or the normalization of extremism isn't novel, but I've never seen this kind of warning delivered like this. harrowing and prescient!

struggled to decide between 3.5 and 4 stars but I'm going to round up strictly because of Wagner Moura's performance as someone many of us can relate too: the determined journalist who is often tipsy and perhaps a little bit too horny

a hot, brown lead embeds himself in a transgender commune on his way to right the wrongs of a fascist political party's figurehead. this action movie is the dream of the radical woke liberal (me)

if Godzilla defeats Tiamat, he'll become super-charged

It's obvious throughout GODZILLA MINUS ONE that the capability of Japanese CGI isn't nearly as powerful as Hollywood's, but this film is better than all the American "Godzillas" by default of doing things like having a plot and exhibiting some minor character development. The US' greatest atrocity in the nuclear bombings of Japan is treated with real weight and devastation in the analogy of this (prequel?) Godzilla, who is extremely pissed for seemingly no reason and shoots a beam that creates nuclear explosions. it's at once harrowing and an awesome spectacle

lmao holy shit

a tourism brochure for the city of boston except the brochure is written by someone who thinks boston sucks ass

really well-made and underscores the value of simplicity but it didn't leave much of an emotional impression. the first 20 mins or so would be a really good short film

decepticon soldier: master, i have brought you the key

decepticon master: you fool!!! this is only HALF of the key

as a brendan frasier defender i have been fighting for my life lately

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