For a film about identity and it's relation to what is and isn't, it takes liberties with what it presents as documentary and what is scripted. Pushes the envelope to a point where it's sometimes uncomfortable, as well as giving us some top notch shots (the motorcycle shot comes to mind).
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Oldboy 2003
Shot beautifully, some of the CG seems dated, but that's understandable seeing how the film was made just after the new millennium. Delves deep into dehumanization, about how much unfortunate circumstances and man's inhumanity to man can do to one person and the depravity it drives them to. A theme of struggle is established, but always disproportionate, a curb-stomp every other frame. This movie shook me.
It got me fucked up, bro.
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Do Not Resist 2016
It is nothing short of disturbing how things unfold in this film, it's a barrage of dystopian bullshit that just does not stop. The actors responsible, from the low-level grunts letting their Judge Dredd fantasies loose on unsuspecting citizens, to the slimy fucking defense department slugs supplying cops with military-grade equipment are all on display.
Yet it's going to continue unimpeded (to be clear, as the film shows, not without resistance from citizens, albeit ones without the legislative powers to…
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Starts out slow, has some moments that has you questioning "was this the best choice they could have made for this scene?" A lot of the jokes fall flat sometimes, due to it being done in that Abrams/Whedon-esque style of humor.
Largely redeemed by having REALLY cool visuals (the battle on the salt planet has some really cool symbolism with the red streaks on the white snow) and one of the most interesting villains in recent memory. In Kylo Ren…
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