Let me just get this out of the way: this is a bible story movie, mkay? Moreover, it’s an American production of a biblical story, so the last thing one could expect this movie to be is, “woke”. Prepare to be offended, unless you’re a Baby boomer, in which case you’re more likely to find this review offensive. While it isn’t the fault of the movie, old testament God is, to use the latest buzzword, a malignant narcissist, and that’s…
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Ad Astra 2019
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Cool visuals, but another movie about a person going to space for revelations about their past. And Liv Tyler waiting for her astro prince. There are moon pirates and and a furious science baboon, neither of which I enjoyed, but maybe you’re into those.
Take aways: Your parents are not the idols you believed they were when you were a kid, so stop trying to emulate them and go be your own person. Once you realize they are flawed beings…
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Saltburn 2023
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I’m shocked by the number of people it seems were shocked by the sexual content of this movie. It makes me suspect none of them have had a sexual relationship. Have they only have sex through holes in sheets (and they hope their children only will too?) The psychopathy, or at least limerence to the extreme, of the protagonist and structural violence of classism are more disturbing than, *spoiler alert*, non-consensual cum guzzling and cunnilingus during a woman’s period. Those…
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