Genuinely fun musical adaptation that drags a bit at the end, which is also where it gets the most self-indulgent. Nevertheless some surprisingly delightful acting from Ariana Grande and very good performances from Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey… the middle third embodied exactly what a splashy movie musical adaptation like this ought to be. Not sure I get the criticism of the color palette being muted; there were some other minor flaws I thought were more notable (Goldblum doesn’t convince…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017
As there has been a sort of underground cult critical reevaluation of this movie, I have tried to force myself to reckon with the possibility that this film truly has value, and I have come to the conclusion that it absolutely does not. In every single aspect, The Last Jedi innovates to the sole extent that it “subverts your expectations” with absolutely zero underlying cohesion or meaning (exactly the same process that undergirds Abrams’ philosophy which people love to pan,…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 2019
A crime of a film. Bereft of artistry, creativity, originality, and talent. Significantly worse than the sun of its parts.
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