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Thought spew:
Visually really pretty
I think the costumes were really incredible and I love it when movies take a lot of care to properly replicate intricate customs. I heard that the red colors were painstakingly matched which seems really dumb but actually works as a really beautiful accent color to the otherwise grey and somber color palette. I think the attention to the process is very interesting and as a viewer I really enjoy bits like that because it’s…
Let’s be so real. This wasn’t a good plot, the camera work was pedestrian, and a third point to finish the trifecta. But that’s not why I loved this movie. It’s sooo quotable and the humor is witty, dry, and such good goofy parent humor. The writers were great at being situationally funny and some of the delivery is honestly gold. I wish parody was still celebrated but I think everyone got tired of it too fast after YouTube and…
So if Parasite was bong jooning a ho, Mickey 17 was bong just joooning.
I liked Mickey a lot and I think there was a lot to laugh at, but after a certain point I felt a little insulted by how clearly he was calling the alt right dumb. I have no qualms with clowning the alt right but at least make me work for my laughs. That aside I liked how Mickey was pitted against the world here and…