Where to begin. I’ll start with the score because the rest is going to take some warming up. Blumberg’s score is triumphant in the right places, moody in others (also correct), and weird, and and incredible. It’s the one thing about the movie that I am unequivocally enthusiastic about. That, and Adrian Brody. Holy hell, man. Just when I think I’ve seen as much as I can wish for from such an actor, boom, again with the fireworks. The rest…
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
This is only a review of all the bird centric reviews: 🏆✨🎉☀️🔑⭐️
I have not seen this movie yet but there are at least three comments about the birds that I would frame as fine art.
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Pretend It's a City 2021
The greatest New Yorker ever, talking forever, about everything and nothing. I could watch another dozen hours of this and never tire of it. And Scorcese cackling through everything. Just paradise.
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Tenet 2020
Another film so easy to dismiss by inexperienced filmgoers. The biggest complaint is that there’s no emotional arc for the characters, which is somewhat true, but it doesn’t at all seem to be the point that Nolan was trying to make.
THE POINT IS THE STORY. Not every story has to revolve around emotional arc. As a matter of fact, I’m glad that it doesn’t. What a dull world it would be if everything fit into these narrow lanes people…
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