Just a deluge of 80s pop rock and animated action with no plot, all to sell some toys. It looks incredible, but it feels like nothing and everything happened at once. The pacing is schizophrenic, which serves as nothing but a chance to showcase as many new bots as possible and some nice backgrounds. Voice work is also a standout. It’s fun, and that’s all it is. It’s better than any bayverse slop.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984
I didn’t grow up with Indiana Jones, so when I first saw this one, I kind of hated it. Racial and gender tropes are steeped into this film perhaps so much more than any other Indiana Jones entry. Willie Scott is your typical damsel in distress character, but I can’t lie if this time around I was able to enjoy the cheap humour she brings to the film.
But yes it’s full of stereotypes, but it obviously is not a…
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Mulholland Drive 2001
My first David Lynch film. I knew that I had to watch a Lynch flick at some point in my life, but seeing that he passed away recently made me sad, I feel like I’ve missed out all this time. He’s a titan of cinema and now he’s gone, and the regret of not seeing a single one of his films was too much.
I went into this one completely blind, not having any idea of the themes or plot.…
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The Birth of a Nation 1915
We had to watch this one in media studies, to analyse conventions from what is one of the first feature length films ever made. It was a tough watch, because as we all know, it’s an insanely racist propaganda film, even by the standards of the time. It’s really hard to analyse these conventions in this context, when the themes that the film has are like this.
I’m reminded of Triumph of the Will, which was hailed as a cinematic…
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