None of the new main characters are any good. Worse than being bad, they’re boring. Liam Hemsworth is the screwup that becomes a hero archetype, but the big mistake he made was before this movie. In this story, he’s mostly just a blank hero character that gets punched once. The guy who punched him is Dylan Hiller, child in the original movie, celebrity fighter pilot now. I think it would have been more interesting to make him the one who…
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Independence Day 1996
This is one of those movies where you have to give yourself to the story. If you interrogate it closely, the cracks in the narrative will widen. Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith elevate this movie with their performances. I’m not necessarily saying that their acting wowed me, but each one of them brought a unique spark to their roles. The special effects are a mixed bag. Some stuff was clearly done with miniatures and, as such, holds up…
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Fight Club 1999
What a movie! It was past time for me to see what all the hype is about, and it did not disappoint. This movie is thrilling and stimulating from start to finish. It is a roaring inferno fed by the score from The Dust Brothers. Their score sounds vibrant and new even this many years later. Brad Pitt’s performance seems effortless. When he’s spitting his lines fast like rap lyrics or interrogating Edward Norton’s unnamed narrator, his character’s self-assuredness is…
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The Brutalist 2024
The most perfect opening any movie can ask for, this movie has. It’d be impolite to ask for another serving, another immaculate introduction, but we get one not too much later when Harrison Van Buren (played by Guy Pearce) bursts into this movie with fury. I’ll also mention a specific shot from the time between those two events. This shot is the one that gives us our first look at the Van Buren house — I suppose you’d call it…
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