Watched at an art house theatre in Bogotá. First of all, let me just say that we do not need 4 separate dream sequences at the end. We get it, you’re artistic and familiar with the source material. I prefer the small reference to William Tell, while William Lee is blind drunk at the house party. I enjoyed the scenes with Daniel Craig and Schwartzman being sweaty. If the movie had ended before South America I would’ve been happier. I…

I meant to post about this sooner. I think my main takeaway was wondering if this was a comedy. It’s absurd, and v dark and the shots of the concentration camp in the background are startling, but it’s not meant to make us feel good, like a comedy, and there are no clear beats or lines (minus a few maybe like, “once the vines grow in, it’ll cover it right up,”) that bring the audience in. And yet. 

My take…

Ha, I rated this previously and gave it 2 stars. I swear, the first time I watched this many years ago, on a small screen, most of these scenes weren't in it.
Last movie of Kubrickfest.
The circumstances were just right to enjoy this movie.
As we're flying through space pre-credits with just noise, Dana leans over to me and says, "Is something wrong? Is this it?" I reply, "Welcome to the movie." But then stuff actually happens! I didn't…

I don’t remember how strict I’m being with my stars in letterboxd but I really enjoyed this. Was willing to wait longer to see this than Barbie, but really glad I caught this at the Regina 70mm edition IMAX. Also got a lil tour of the projection room afterwards as the line for the toilet was ‘3 hour long movie matinee with boomers’ long. Sound was incredible. Pacing was so great that a 3 hour movie was intense and exciting…