The film suffers from the Conclave conundrum (too many ideas in your movie) and doesn't go deep enough. The themes of life, death, class, religion, and government are all swirling around. Each scene is somehow a statement on all of those things while not being pointed at any of them. The commentary on life and death was the most powerful, but I wish we had more of it! If I had gone into this with no expectations, I would have…
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Captain America: Brave New World 2025
Marvel once again flooded the zone to the degree that character development and investment were non-existent. Everyone in the movie has their role from the jump and sticks to it.
The Red Hulk thing was whatever; the Sidewinder shit is what really pissed me off. Giancarlo Esposito should be the villain of his own movie. Also, not to re-hash old beef I have with the MCU, but it seemed like the role he played was very, very similar to the…
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The Brutalist 2024
The film nerds love this movie. I thought it was fine. Brody was the highlight and gives a fantastic performance. That being said 4 hours. All the themes. I love the Jewish part of this movie that was done really well. But ultimately this movie has got too much dip on its chip (which is crazy because there are so many minutes in this freaking thing). People are saying that the first half of this movie is great, it is…
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A Real Pain 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I never thought I would see Poland in a movie in this way. My sophomore year of high school, I went to Majdanek, I stood in those same places and walked on those same pathways from the movie. The perspective I will always have on that place is the one I had as a 15-year-old it is like a memory frozen in time. I felt those same feelings all over again during that part of the film. The simplicity was…
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