I wanted a B+ Jason Statham vehicle that was light on narrative logic and thematic coherence but heavy on fight scenes and tortured metaphors about bees. I've never been more satisfied.
It's funny to look at reviews from last year and see that the fantastically loathsome Josh Hutcherson character was seen as an indictment of Hunter Biden. Maybe that reading was intended, and maybe so were the accompanying political implications. But I gotta say, watching it in 2025, the shithead…
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Fun as hell! The performances were great, the music was great, the looks were great, the jokes were great. The plot was all over the place, but you can't have everything! I realized well after the movie, for instance, that the whole plot with the Mattel guys chasing Barbie and her friends never really went anywhere and felt like it could have been cut entirely without leaving almost any loose ends. In fact, I suspect it created more loose ends…
It’s hard to know what to say about what might be the best movie you’ve ever seen in your life, but here’s a start. When Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds come back to their house in the very beginning of the movie, after having had dinner and drinks at a bar, Moore smiles and says she’s going to go to bed. I thought: “Bullshit. Who goes straight to bed after being out? Wouldn’t she sit around on the couch for…
Made it to this one today in our chronological trek through PTA’s filmography, and, of course, it’s great. Sandler obviously is amazing, but imo the real star is Brion’s score, which is atonal and percussive and stressful right up until it’s swoony and gorgeous and romantic. I’m a bit unsure, in related ways, what I think about Watson’s character and what I think about the ending. In some ways the denouement of the movie is that Barry learns he can…
