Yeah, it’s fun. It’s kind of a strange greatest hits of the LOTR movies, down to even seemingly inconsequential reuse of dialogue lines and definitely inappropriate appearances of creatures. A Tolkien purist would rightfully be pretty disgusted — it kind of feels like the script was written by a really good AI. And it pulls over a lot of the tweets-ness from the original movies, which I think is more indicative of Peter Jackson’s affection for the material than a…
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Rabid 1977
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For what is a gross genre cheapie, it’s pretty apparent how assured and talented Cronenberg is from this early. In terms of plot it’s kind of a less sci-fi Lifeforce kind of thing; it manages to more or less be a great pseudo vampire movie. But in this case, it also is prescient in terms of public health/disease stuff, and has a thick subtext of gender politics, all of which adds to rather than bogging down a simple horror story.
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Nosferatu 2024
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Funny experience, and one I feel like I’ll revise once I see the movie again. As expected, stylistically and atmospherically pretty dreamily, disturbingly perfect. But to some degree, there’s a disadvantage in context with it being a Robert Eggers movie. In that, he usually challenges intellectually by intersecting historical context with narrative, and operating apart from modern social perspective on story. But here, the narrative is pretty clearly defined (maybe similarly to Hamlet in the Northman, but that felt a…
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Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
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The cameos and attention to comic book detail reward the nerd, which is fun. Especially Cassandra Nova as the villain - Grant Morrison really getting some run lately. But outside of that … pretty long, boring, repetitive, self-indulgent. Kind of is a sequel to the Loki tv show in part, but less interesting. Or a weaker version of Multiverse of Madness? Doesn’t seem to have a point of view other than hoping you think it’s cool, which makes it not…
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