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Popeye 1980
I hates sentiment. I yam disgustipated.
One of the most baffling movies I have seen. nothing about this picture works except for Shelley Duvall, who was simply born to play Olive Oyl. Why Altman? Why the weird uncanny arms? Why can't we understand what anyone is saying? Why did they limit Robin Williams to doing a Popeye impression (of course he does the mumbling with excellent pitch, but there's nothing likable about these mumblings in a live-action movie)? Why didn't…
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Love Lies Bleeding 2024
Don't ever fall in love, OK? It hurts.
Rose Glass's second feature is an instant grindhouse classic. This violent, grim yet funny neo-noir midwest tale of love is a great vehicle for the fantastic cast, lead by a ferioucsly delicate Stewart (Always dependable, always watchable) and O'Brian, and of course a skull mullet rocking Ed Harris.
Just like it's characters, the movie is passionate and unpredictable, a noticable drag happens in the middle act when the film starts wandering around…Translated from by
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The French Dispatch 2021
Was there once a romance to Journalism?
This movie hit me in so many right places that I actually didn't care for the messy structure and weird pacing and how some characters were no more than a promising idea.
See when I was a little morbid, weird child who had no real friends, one of my favorite hobbies was print journalism. I would get lost in the worlds of columns and pages, sometimes a big crime story, sometimes a weird…
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Dune 1984
Visually curious? yes. David Lynch's weirdness? yes. a good film? not even close.
the plot is convoluted and the whole thing is so rushed you can practically feel the pressure in the second half. There are some very strange choices for world-building, from the costumes to Patrick Stewart's pug, that make this film feel more like a Tremor parody (the fuck is up with the Sardaukar costumes?) than an adaptation of one the best works of sci-fi, and literature in general.Translated from by