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Civil War 2024
"They're shooting journalists on sight in the capital"
>No one ever shoots at them for being a journalist and in fact they are simply just allowed to wander wherever they want including just tagging along on what is likely the most important military op of the entire civil war
This film is like an exercise in why stakes are important for writing characters. Pretty much every character the Journos meet on their little road trip is instantly more compelling than…Translated from by -
Poor Things 2023
"Find your true purpose by becoming a prostitute, having sex with lots of disgusting men, and becoming a socialist before settling down with a dude you can boss around"
Make your own conclusions about the motive of such a message by simply looking at pictures of what the director and the original author of the source material both look like (and their political leanings).
Most characters are cartoonishly simplistic and uninteresting. The "villain" walks into the plot at the end…
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Glass Onion 2022
Rian Johnson was far more interested in jerking off to his own impotent revenge fantasies than he was in writing a competent story. I predicted the villain of the film the second he stepped on screen because Rian Johnson only writes one type of bad guy.
The characters are one-dimensional parodies of whatever was annoying the director that day, the plot hinges around multiple contrived scenarios that rely on the audience to not care about what's currently occurring in order…
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The Killer 2023
David Fincher's films always feel somewhat relaxing to me. I know that seems strange to say, considering that I am referring to films about serial killers and fight clubs, but it's true. There is a methodical nature to his films that feels calming and satisfying even if the subject material is far darker.
As such, that makes Fincher the perfect director to tell this sort of story.
The Killer is the story of a hitman operating under strict self-imposed rules…
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