The thing that I find myself coming back to is the rocks. For most of the branching timelines, it's easy enough to not think about who the "self" is, because as established, it's just all different zigs and zags of life choices, so every Evelyn is more or less the same "self." Even the hot dog hands — there's the primeval alternate branch, but we can accept that it's still pretty much the same combination of elements and chemicals that,…
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The Fly 1986
There's a lot to be said about the terrific leads, about the surprisingly effective love story, about the excellent use of body horror to explore the themes of degenerative illness and bodily autonomy. But what I want to celebrate is how f☠️king efficient this movie is to knock all that out in a 90 minute runtime. It doesn't waste a moment, but it also doesn't feel like it's skipping anything.
I'd give this five stars, but the sex pest editor really needed to be smacked down a LOT harder; I don't like how much the story let him get away with.
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The Matrix 1999
This is such a quintessential piece of filmmaking — its influence on the action and scifi genres can't be overstated, and everyone at every level clearly knew exactly what movie they were making, and brought their A game. It's visually stunning; the concept is compelling (even if its world can't necessarily stand up to heavy scrutiny); Reeves, Fishburne, Moss, Weaving et al. keep you engaged with their every move.
And yet.
From the first time I watched this back when…
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