look, the movie for sure has problems. young amleth really struggles to make his lines work, the faux-accents spill into D&D tone at their worst, and old amleth spreads a little thin after being designated a fate to live out. thats small potatoes compared with the muscular cinematography and the intricate design of the movie. the cast is colossal, yet everyone gets at least one scene to really flex their chops, Dafoe, Bjork, Hawke and Kidman being the standouts. Skarsgard…
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Nobody 2021
accomplishes what it sets out to do. bob does his best bruce willis with all the classic odenkirk charm. thrilling fight choreography and some clever problem solving in the first half. house invasion to car escape is a great little sequence. annoyed at this bland entry into the ‘irrationally violent russian villain’ action movie canon. first act almost felt like a meditation on violence; should one always strike if they can, or is restraint the sign of true power? but obviously…
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The Tragedy of Macbeth 2021
didn’t love it. visuals were at their best when creating impossible theater stages or haboku-styled exteriors. did not buy the relationship between frances and denzel. didn’t get that stomach churning sensation from watching lady macbeth emasculate her husband in the name of murder. didn’t really get that palpable dread or hunger or guilt from any of the performances sans those from kathryn hunter, alex hassell and corey hawkins (who bodies macduff but looked too young for the part). also why…
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Hereditary 2018
There is a lull in the second act and some pretty bad performances from the extras. The first act scared me to tears and the third delivered one of the most successful, well developed conclusions to a thriller I’ve seen in a fat minute.
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