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Searching for Sugar Man 2012
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A confusing, manipulative and badly edited documentary the subject of which is a needlessly convoluted reenactement of an investigation about a (probably) amazing man and his story. But the audience isn't allowed to know that until midway because the filmmaker really really wished he were the investigator and his movie the investigation. It's not. If anything it demonstrates a puzzling lack of curiosity and thirst for genuine history.
It is filled with obvious and totally unnecessary lies. Lies that might…
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Prometheus 2012
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So close yet so far from being good.
It's visually beautiful at times. Yet the quiet moments that one should spend in awe of the striking vistas and designs are inevitably allocated to trying to make sense of the charaters' motives and actions, appraising the fact that the actors are actually as lost (if not more) as the audience and ultimately wondering who the fuck greenlighted such a nonsensical script.
Never mind the lingering mysteries and unanswered questions (which I…
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Chungking Express 1994
It doesn't get any better than this.
Well a tad less California Dreamin' and a bit more Tony Leung talking to his soap would make it even more perfect. Which would make it not as good.
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