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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
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I'm very torn on this movie (heh).
On the one hand, the script is BAD. The people aren't really characters, they barely do anything, and each one is dumb as rocks. Their dialog is especially egregious, all useless bullshit, or else sniping at each other for no reason (save for Jerry, who just whines). You could say they're regular folk, but I think that's insulting to regular folk. They're very much the type to investigate a spooky sound when they're…
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Black Bag 2025
Leave it to Soderbergh to come at the spy thriller from a fresh angle.
...Soderbergh and Koepp have retained many of the trappings of your traditional spy thriller. Well-dressed people with eagle eyes and square jaws attempting to find the traitor in their midst. A MacGuffin which could cause an international incident if it gets out. Dialog which is quick, sharp, loaded, and minimal. Deadpan gallows humor. Looks which say more than most people can convey in an entire afternoon.…
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Dogtooth 2009
This movie is nothing. It is a boring film that never goes anywhere and has very little to say except every now and then "Wasn't that shocking?" The world it weaves is dark and twisted, and the movie just inhabits it with no bigger purpose. Which could be fine! But there's also no conflict and no tension, except in short bursts. There's no struggle, there's no story. There's just "Shit, their lives are quietly super fucked up, and they have…
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Jaws 1975
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It's crazy to me how good this movie is. A popcorn film, a blockbuster, the sophomore feature effort by the director. These are not usually the ingredients for such a perfect film, yet here we are.
I don't have anything fresh to say, so I'll simply comment on what stood out to me this time. Which was somehow only my second watch!
For one, I'd forgotten just how freaking funny the whole thing is. I was laughing my ass off…
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