Imagine going to the theatre to see In a Violent Nature and all you knew about it was that it was a horror movie… I would have been so fucking livid. Even knowing about the gimmick it was still SO pretentiously tedious. I can tell you right now that since the dawn of slashers the premise of a “killer POV only” film has probably been pitched dozens of times, and do you know why it’s never been made until now?…
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The Big Short 2015
“The mortgage is the bedrock on which this economy is built.”
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Do movies work as an instrument of change? Frankly I don’t think so. If Occupy Wall Street amounted to jack shit, what the actual fuck was The Big Short going to do? I do however believe film can serve as an invaluably timeless catalyst for discussion. Like how The Killing Fields and The Act of Killing continue to teach new viewers about the atrocities of Pol…Translated from by
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The Substance 2024
First things first The Substance is an extremely well crafted film. If the Academy has any sense this will get a nomination for sound design because the foley work in this is squishy, goopy, and sublimely discomforting. The repetition of sound effects combined with perfectly timed cuts to gross out extreme close-ups could not have been utilized more effectively in making the audience squirm. The premise itself was also wickedly simple, avoidant of over complications, and had rules that were clearly…
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The Passenger 1975
Up there for one of the most obnoxious movies I have ever seen.
I don’t give a fuck how influential you are, I don’t care if you’re the Italian Kubrick. If you are going to make a movie about some dude aimlessly walking around with next to no dialogue then at the very least have the decency to film it in an interesting way but no, basically every shot is a miserably long tracking shot that I can almost guarantee…
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