FLOW is a perfect example of what sets animated film apart as a medium. While the quality of animation is somewhat rudimentary compared to higher production films, the movement of the camera, lingering examination of the scenery and animal characters, and langorious pace set FLOW apart. The animal players are very close approximations of their real life proxies, but have a whimsical humanity that wouldn't be acheivable with flesh-and-blood animals. The story's conclusion is darkly ambigous and draws the tenor of the animals' quest into a haze, leaving the viewer satisfied but still questioning.
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A Quiet Place: Day One 2024
I recommend going into this thinking of it not as a sequel to the mediocre original two films, as the two leads and by far the best feline perfomance since ALIEN make this movie better than you might expect. Though there are a few extremely telegraphed plot beats, Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn do such a great job of humanizing their otherwise cookie-cutter roles that it doesn't even seem cheap when Lupita's terminal cancer patient Sam sacrifices herself in the…
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie 1990
Having a soft spot for anthology horror after spending way too many late nights watching UHF TV edits of crappy horror films and anthology horror series as a kid, I found this quite enjoyable and an interesting cultural artifact, to boot. Three tales as told by an encaged child about to be eaten by a suburban cannibal (as played by Debbie Harry) span a wide array of tonality and theme. The cast has a few gems (Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi,…
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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
The older I get, the more I am in awe of what an absolute master of the craft Spielberg was at such a young age. I consider this as close to a perfectly made film as anything.
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