Art has changed so greatly over the last 70 years that I find it hard to identify with the pressured and, frankly, flat acting that I feel is characteristic of earlier films. I’m saddened to say that I felt very little during this, aside from really loving some of the surreal sequences and the decision to cast the same actress as both Saras. I rarely revisit films, but this may have to be one of them, as I still feel there’s something of value left for me to extract.
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Bullet Train 2022
Some fun action sequences and creative ideas but had way (like, way) too much going on. Leans too heavily on deus ex machina as a plot device and fate as the punchline.
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Mountain Talk 2004
"It was a good life, I'd like to live it again. Best life we ever lived."
Not so much a film but an exploration of the history and culture of a group of people near and dear to my heart. Somewhat surface-level, but it serves it's function.
The modest and rustic livelihood of "the Mountain people" is much more than what it's so often perceived to be. I'm romanticizing their lifestyle, as they're the first ones to admit that it…
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Manchester by the Sea 2016
“I can’t beat it.”
Each of us are Lee. Each of us carry our own unimaginable weight of trauma, loss, or grief - it’s the unfortunate reality of human experience. But, a Boston apartment with an extra room offers the audience a twinge of hope in the face of an unshakeable sense of sorrow. Manchester by the Sea quietly reminds us that amidst our heaviest burdens, we still persist.
A personal aside: Not sure what I was thinking, or maybe feeling, on…
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