One thought that came to mind was that though the lighthouse setting is objectively a beautiful place, Eggers filmed and portrayed it so that the scenes we witnessed were never beautiful. Menacing, dreary, hopeless yes.
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Magnus 2016
I really wanted to like this more. The documentary began strong, especially Magnus's father describing him as a young boy. The pacing was good with a lot of footage of the cute toddler Magnus. However, the pacing really struggled for most of the middle of the film, with way too much time spent showing Magnus making faces and a focus on his social idiosyncrasies. We get it - he's an introvert who doesn't really like to talk and is a…
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All Quiet on the Western Front 2022
This is one of the greatest, and most haunting war films I've seen. It is brilliant in its brutality, and is an absolutely beautiful piece of filmmaking. Using a word like beautiful to describe it feels both truthful and repulsive at the same time.
The soundscape of the film is bold and aggressive, and it often serves as a counterpoint to the bleak and commonplace imagery, like a muddy road or a cloudy day. Visually, the film is stunning, with…
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Scarface 1983
I hate to say this, but Scarface just doesn't hold up to the test of time. There are unforgivably bad scenes, and a virtual cheesefest of music and Miami tropes. I wanted to keep loving this film, but aside from some memorable performance moments from Pacino, this just starts to become a relic of lazy 80s filmmaking.
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