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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024
A powerful example of how editing and juxtaposing different images and sounds can evoke an emotional response to otherwise dull material. At times it can feel overbearing and manipulative, and the scope perhaps could have been narrowed as the story jumps all over the place and lost me at moments. But this is a comprehensive look at Western culture at a moment in time, with thought-provoking ideas about identity, nationality, and pride. I was particularly engrossed whenever the story centered…
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The Matrix Resurrections 2021
Oh dear. There are things to like about the script here; it's clear that this is Lana Wachowski's attempt to re-contextualize her own work two decades later, and some of the meta-commentary is kinda clever in that regard. But everything after the first twenty minutes is a complete letdown and nearly a beat-for-beat rehashing of the original film and trilogy. Horrendous editing, poorly-choreographed fight sequences, spotty VFX, contrived sentimentality, and dare I say it, a terrible Keanu Reeves performance at…
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First Cow 2019
Turned it off after nearly an hour. Like watching paint dry. With this, Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Babyteeth, watching new releases has started to feel more like homework than something I do for fun. Gonna be a lot more discerning with what movies I devote time and energy to watching from now on, because films like these really kill my interest in cinema and film discourse. Blech.
(Edit: more recent review HERE)
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