It's not brave enough to call itself Paddington 3 and I can see why. A large departure from the two tentpole classics of this series in tone, style, and messaging. Shows serious signs of being a movie made during the pandemic/actors strike period. First movie is about Immigration and racism, the second is about Police and Prison corruption, but the third is a road trip movie to find El Dorado (potentially a jettisoned underlying theme on colonialism)? Utterly bizarre choice…
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Why Don't You Play in Hell? 2013
Dark comedy action Yakuza movie about making a Yakuza movie, it feels like a Goro Majima substory. Very enjoyable in big chunks, especially when it got campy and leaned heavily into genre and stylization. Lots and lots of fun camera work, and fun performances. The pacing and CGI blood definitely hold it back somewhat, but otherwise the practical effects all rock. Not really emotionally resonant or anything, but it's not an ENTIRELY surface level movie. Crazy movie to retire on.
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Mee Christmas 2000
I'm proud to be the first person to leave a letterboxd review of this abomination. Hopefully nobody else will be subjected to viewing this tape. Truly mind-boggling levels of recycled assets from the animator's previous video work. I hope he never stopped animating after this.
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What a Feeling 2024
No subtitles and I struggle with Austrian accents so a lot of the dialogue was missed for me unfortunately.
The directing, acting, and production elements are all fine but the cinematography and editing really suffer. Totally uninspired camera work and lighting keep this from being a visually interesting movie. The pacing was strange and some of the sound editing was student-film quality and totally distracting as well.
On a student set in Köln recently I was elevated to gaffer for…
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