I find it highly unlikely any film will ever top Vertigo for me. It stands alone as a timeless example of the perfect combination of style and substance. Every aspect of the film hits its mark, Bernard Herman's mysterious score, the incredibly striking visuals, a consistently engaging mystery that can genuinely shock on a first viewing.
I first saw Vertigo in 8th grade when it played on TCM. I had been exposed to some of Hitchcock's other work, so I…
A little over a month ago I started a complete watchtrough of David Cronenberg's full filmography. My feelings ranged from absolute love to meh for all of his films I had seen, thatwas until I popped in Cosmopolis. It had been a LONG time since I had seen something I despised as much as a did that film.
Cosmopolis was also my introduction to Don Delillo. After finishing the movie I started diving into its background more to try to…
Hard to imagine this was made by the same guy who made the first Hell House. It is just ahockingly incompetent front to back. I feel like a thought that comes into people’s heads when watching a bad movie usually is “It is so bad that I could’ve done this better,” but in reality movies have so much going on that a layperson could never actually come close to the skill required to make anything even close to the quality…
Beautiful animation, but man does this thing drag a great deal during the middle section.
Astonishingly good from start to finish , I genuinely couldn't imagine a better adaptation of Dune. Virtually 1-to-1 with the source material and the character alterations (specifically Chaini) both improve on Herbert's original story and perfectly set up the inevitable Dune Messiah sequel.
I couldn't have imagined Part 2 being able to surpass Part 1, but just as The Godfather Pt. 2 did before it, Villeneuve has found a way to improve on a virtually perfect first film with a…
Oppenheimer easily takes the spot of my favorite film from Nolan. That said I feel that some of Nolan’s stylistic choices held the film back from being one of my all time favorites. The pacing/editing for the first 30-45 minutes is extremely jarring. It honestly felt like a trailer, one big point made over thunderous music ~~ abstract visuals used as a segue ~~ another major point made, etc. This all was a bit hard to follow at first, but…
