I started this with the right attitude, but it was clear early I wasn’t going to enjoy this and that’s fine I’m not the target audience. Yet, there were still some issues I had with it outside of it not being my preferred movie.
To start, I think this is the worst color grade I’ve seen to a major movie like this. It’s baffling to think this was Chu’s vision for the look of the film. I’m curious if they…
My Netflix subscription keeps going up because of the Russo’s. After Netflix bet big and gave them $200 million for The Gray Man that critically bombed, it only made sense to give them $320 million to make this pile of crap. Half a billion dollars for those two films. How can that be profitable for frito lay?
Millie Bobby Brown is in the driver seat for best actress at the razzies this year. Remarkably bad. Millie is only 20 years…
Easily some of the best cinematography of 2024 right next to The Brutalist. Gothic horror is far from a genre I seek out and in Nosferatu I had issues with the story holding my full interest but it was still incredibly enjoyable to watch what Eggers was going to do next with the camera.
This is just about the same feeling I had watching Joel Coen’s Macbeth from a few years ago. Beautifully shot just not a story I can subjectively grab hold of enough for my own taste.
Now I just need to find a video of Bill Skarsgard’s makeup routine for Orlok.
Fletcher is the Logan Roy of jazz. Absolute psychological warfare from start to finish. Does Fletcher even care which drummer is sitting in 1st chair or who has more talent? Absolutely not.
Andrew is destined to grow up and become Fletcher. He shares the same value that art should be painful and nothing should get in the way of greatness. On a rewatch, I was surprised to see how hard it is to root for Andrew. You feel bad watching…
