I can't stop thinking about this: for me, Longlegs was not the least bit overhyped, and it chilled me to the bone.
Some may call it "style over substance", but the style is the substance here. Every shot is immaculately framed, always aesthetic and always unsettling. The plot is nothing incredibly unique and it's relatively thin, but the way it's presented and told is unlike anything I've seen before. In fact, the restrained plot and detached characters are not a…
Nowhere near as thought-provoking as the original movie; brimming with late 2000s generic Hollywood energy (mostly for worse), and yet "Rise" still manages to be a blast. The transformation of the Apes being tied to a cure for Alzheimer's is an interesting if underexplored premise that gives way to a classic tale of rebellion. What elevates this movie really is the central ape, Caesar, his relationship to humans and his unspoken turmoil. There are several moments in the film with him that just go incredibly hard and make this worth watching.
Scrolling through reviews, it seems to me that many people totally misunderstand this movie. It's so clearly not trying to deconstruct any kind of ideas of identity, finding yourself or even criticising problematic structures in certain Islamic countries.
"Moon" is all about the feeling of powerlessness. Throughout the entire runtime, we are restricted to the narrow point of view of the protagonist, Sarah. We only see and hear what she sees, we never get the feel picture, like she realistically…
Dune: Part Two was basically my most anticipated movie. So, was it worth the wait?
To my surprise, I did not love this as unambiguously as Part One when I first watched it. Though it's a common thing for me to prefer the first movie in a 2-part experience - Mockingjay, Harry Potter 7 - I struggle to explain why that's the case. Maybe in such stories, the set-up is strangely more compelling to me than the pay-off. The movie…
