Jordan Peele bites off quite a bit more than he can chew in this film, in my opinion. He's just tackling a lot of different threads that end up going really nowhere, and with little cohesion. Also (I know this is a hot take, sorry, but) the sound design was pretty rough all around. Still though, I think aliens are cool. I think this was much more sci-fi than horror, which I kind of liked. I loved when Daniel Kaluuya said "Nope." that rocked.
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Tangerine 2015
Alright, this is now my 5th Sean Baker film I've seen following The Florida Project, Anora, Red Rocket, and Take Out and I think he does a bit of a misstep here in an otherwise near flawless run of films, in my opinion.
Easily the biggest crime this film committed to the world of cinema was just how grating the score was. Aside from the opening credits sequence (one of my favorite parts of the film) and the ending (another…
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Euphoria: Trouble Don't Last Always 2020
(Using this space as a placeholder for a review of Season 1 and the first special episode)
I absolutely love this show.
First of all, this show's budget is very obviously immense. They have so much money that they are able to throw at whatever little thing they want. And, by the way, I'm not complaining at all haha. No small detail is overlooked, and they always do the absolute maximum they can do.On that note I'd like to…
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Daisies 1966
Short version of my review, this is exceptional.
Long version, where do I even start? Normally I would start with film elements so I'll do that, there is so much genius interplay between them.
Sounds design compliments the film brilliantly with creaking hinge sounds at the beginning when limbs would move. The constant whispering in the final scene is amazing. Cutting every time a sound is heard is so cool.
The film masterfully switches beautifully between black and white, color,…
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