Mickey 17 is one of those sci-fi films that wants to be clever but ends up feeling like a high-budget shrug. It flirts with satire, dips its toes into existentialism, and throws in some half-baked humor, but never fully commits to anything. The supposed social critique? Surface-level at best. The comedy? More like the occasional smirk rather than anything truly biting or memorable.
It nods vaguely at colonialism, labor exploitation, and identity, but in the most diet-sci-fi way possible -…
Ran:
Had some of the most beautiful shots I’ve ever seen. Normally, my ADHD kicks in during long films at home, but this one held me surprisingly well. Every frame feels like a painting, the colors, the landscapes, the way Kurosawa moves his camera. It’s just mesmerizing.
At its core, it’s about the inevitability of chaos, the blindness of power, and the weight of past sins crashing down. It’s grand, poetic, and tragic, but in a way that feels almost…
2046 – The Sequel to *In the Mood for Love* by Wong Kar-Wai
Unlike In the Mood for Love, this film is not about longing for love and affection but about trying to forget love. The journalist and author Chow Mo-Wan, determined to finish his new novel, returns to Hong Kong. His days are spent with women, enjoying good food, and visiting casinos—not for true enjoyment, but as a way to distract himself from the emptiness in his heart. …
