Watching this almost immediately after the Snyder Cut is a fascinating exercise in how re-shoots and editing can wildly change a movie. That post-production lens is really the only thing that kept me interested in this; I can’t imagine ever re-visiting.
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The Monkey 2025
I get that the cynical, callous, detached irony is the point, but I’ve still got to have characters to latch on to in order to actually care about any of this.
I think the priest character sums up the whole problem I had with the movie. It’s clear (I think) what the intended message of that scene is: religion is just as fumbling and useless as anything else in this world to explain the viciousness of death. But the priest…
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Sam Morril: Same Time Tomorrow 2022
Very funny. Would love if we normalized 45-minute specials shot in intimate venues.
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It's a Wonderful Knife 2023
A good cast trapped in a mess of underdeveloped ideas and unearned moments. The movie seems unable to develop plot lines, and instead just adds them, so by the time the movie throws in a late-stage supernatural development, you just kind of throw up your hands and say “whatever.”
Watched at the world premiere at Beyond Fest ‘23. During the Q&A, the writer admitted that he started with the title and the concept (It’s a Wonderful Life meets slasher) and…
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