Had to stew on this one for a bit. I sincerely thought I'd like this more than The Northman, so color me surprised. For every incredible shot in this film (the ride to Orlok's castle is fucking stunning) there were several moments inbetween where I'd catch myself thinking "yeah, and?" Eggers has never felt so little like a storyteller and so much like a style engineer - all the form is stripped of function and none of the gorgeous shots…
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Batman Returns 1992
A gothic romp through Burton's disturbed urban hellscape, far funnier and more focused than it has any reason to be. A good reminder for those less acquainted with the comics that the billionaire who spent his fortune on a bat costume and a bat car and a bat plane and little bat boomerangs is the LEAST deranged person in this city. The Jack-Nicholson-fell-into-Joker-Juice from the previous film pales in comparison to how well Danny DeVito's very on the nose Penguin…
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Miyazaki's The Holy Mountain.
Messy, convoluted, difficult, but I loved it.
Katabasis as healing.
I understand where a lot of the criticisms for this film come from, and I will have to reassess soon after a rewatch, but I definitely did not feel like this was "incomplete" or that it ended abruptly. It's just... naked. Quiet.
I also cannot understand the criticisms of Mahito vs. other main characters from Miyazaki's films. Mahito is the antithesis of most of them, yes,…
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