Willfully unscorable; the "experience" of film takes place long after the what we see on screen has ended, in small moments of reflection. Of course, this is true of every film (hopefully), but few offer so much in the way of evocation and so little in the way of plot (or even dialogue) as to allow the movie to live almost entirely in the viewer's mind after credits roll. It is also impossible to remove this film from Los Angeles;…
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The Brutalist 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Likely will revise up to a 4.5+. Consistently dizzying, often spectacular, occasionally heavy handed. I thought it’s meditations on Israel perhaps it’s most moving and interesting aspect. Zsófia’s final line, the films final line, something along the lines of “the end is worth the journey”, spoken by Laszlo to seemingly affirm her choice to raise a child in fledgling Israeli Jerusalem is maybe too perfect a diagnosis of Zionism’s failure. Laszlo built a monument to his eternal love for his…
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The Green Knight 2021
started out a perfect 5 out of 5 bc I made up my mind after the trailer. lost 1 star for lack of Dev Patel dong. multiplied by 2 stars for fantastic mr fox cameo. logarithm of those stars because the bandit kid inclusion violates the killing of sacred deer canon. add an additional 1.17 stars for Microsoft word Word Art™️ title cards.
4 stars.
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
It is a Sergio Leone movie. The dubbing is bad (perhaps the most noticeably off of any of his movies I have seen), the women (of I believe there are two in this film) do this face: 😰 and are slapped around, white actors play stereotypical Mexicans, and the usually great musical cues are sometimes distractingly bizarre. But it's also a Sergio Leone movie: an entrancing showcase for stunning, deliberate camerawork framed by one of the greatest scores I have…
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