A guy who doesn’t know kung fu needs to learn kung fu, so we can watch some fucking awesome kung fu. That’s it.
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A Touch of Zen 1971
Nature the most beautiful, mystical and untamed it’s ever looked. A battle between the Earthly existence and the Heavenly one: love vs. loneliness; civilization vs. nature; good vs. evil; ghosts vs. soldiers. People leap 20 feet into the air towards each other, katanas in hand - essentially jousting in the sky - the sun illuminates their passing silhouettes. Forests are filled with fog. Houses are haunted. Everything about this movie is magical.
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Society of the Snow 2023
I haven’t been this bored by a movie in such a long time. You are given 10 minutes to get to know these characters prior to the plane crash - discounting the occasional disruptive 10 second flashback which takes away more than it adds. This movie relies more on shock factor than most superhero movies. Also, this picture - if I can even call it that - is terribly paced. How tf is it over 2 hours long. There were moments an hour in where I thought I was getting towards the end.
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Car Wash 1976
One of the most heartbreaking moments in an otherwise lighthearted, jazzy film is when Lonnie’s kids come to visit him at work. His daughter bringing with a drawing of him at the car wash. A moment that on the surface is sweet but encapsulates everything Lonnie is fighting for and against: ends meet to support his family. And in the end where his daughter pictures him is not with the family but at the car wash because he is at…
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