An IMAX screening for a Bong-Joon Ho X Robert Pattinson collab has to be the best +1 invite I’ve ever gotten. A big mahalo to @JacobDoesPhilly and Warner Brothers.
Despite both pulling zero punches in its rather overt and horrifyingly accurate political commentary and being equally explicit in the turnover of each Mickey, this is so easily palatable.
Pattinson’s limitless range is the steak, but Ruffalo’s charm is the sizzle… or should I say sauce.
I will watch every movie this man makes.
This deserves undivided national and international attention. In a time when critics lament that movie goers are a dying breed who will soon acquiesce to the ease of streaming from home, this very well could be the shot in the arm that reignites a broad sweeping passion for going to the movies. This will, and should, get all of your cinephile and casual movie fan friends talking. You’ll wholly feel every emotion and be left pondering some moving philosophic questions. What a treat to see this on my birthday.
For someone who more perfectly fits into the intended audience, likely a touch older and certainly Jewish, this could be a Mt. Rushmore film. For me, seeing this genuine epic in 35mm at the Philadelphia Film Society Center Stage, still managed to reinvigorate my love of movie going to the point that I am now a proud member of PFS.
Adrien Brody is more than advertised, but Felicity Jones brings such an important layer to the second act, after a…
