Hey, kid. I need you to pretend to be me and close your eyes for a while.
The most stylish installment yet, filled with so many impressionistic flourishes. Once again has maybe one too many subplots, including a storyline with a femme fatale that goes absolutely nowhere, but there's so much fantastic action in this one. If you're not left saying "holy shit" at the end of this one, then these films aren't for you and you should turn away now.
Rewatched today courtesy of Criterion's brand new release of Toho's gorgeous 4K remaster, which couldn't have arrived in the mail at a more opportune time for me. I've been battling a particularly bad episode of depression these past few days, and being gifted with this a few days before street date honestly brought me to tears.
I was definitely too hard on this the last time I saw it, probably because this tonally out there installment was preceded in a…
Pixar: makes Soul
Disney: "A story about a middle aged Black man looking for success, and featuring a positive portrayal of a Black community? Send it to Disney+."
Pixar: sighs, but understands considering the pandemic, and then finishes Luca
Disney: "A story with heavy gay undertones that's also about breaking down discrimination? Send it to Disney+."
Pixar: visibly confused, but pushes ahead with Turning Red, set to come out a full year after vaccines are available
Disney: "A story starring…
Wow, okay. Feels really fucking weird to be at a world premiere of an MCU project.
This was fun! For a special called Werewolf By Night, it felt way more like it should have been titled Bloodstone instead since Elsa is the real lead. Also, the tired MCU humor, while still here, is at least kept to more of a minimum.
But where this special really shines is Michael Giacchino's attention to detail in making this…
