Finally watched and enjoyed it a lot more than expected. I don’t like it’s messaging about masculinity or how the film depicts women, fetishizes war, and frames uninhibited, sexually active women as the sign of a morally failing "next generation," but it is undeniably well made and is a true horror film. It responds to the cultural moment from the transition between WWII and Korea to Vietnam and perfectly taps into the fear that capital and the state will sacrifice…
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About Time 2013
This movie was definitely made for a male audience. The way he manipulated her and it went entirely unaddressed?? The first and second halves have seemingly nothing to do with one another, and the ending was unsatisfactory. It brought up many questions, had lots of holes, and could have gone in so many different directions, but left it all unaddressed for the audience to just assume it made sense, and instead committed to a random father-son relationship arc. Also I love Domhnall Gleason but I have never experienced the ick harder than while watching his little jig at the wedding.
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Monkey's Teeth 1961
Incredible and radical film. Visually shocking with extensive symbolic meaning despite its short length. Even the structure of the film holds radical meaning, as it represents a collaboration between marginalized groups to create art and give a voice to their silenced struggles. Partially created by Félix Guattari and it shows
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Wish 2023
Bad animation, bad songs, bad writing, bad characters, bad dialogue. It was ambitious and contained unique messaging for a Disney movie, but was terribly executed. I think if they had put more time and money into the movie, it could have been really good. Chris Pine put his whole Magnificussy into his performance.
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