A more coherent Jupiter Ascending. A slightly less uncomfortable Valerian. Another in a long line of big budget, cgi driven, plot hole filled, sci-fi movies that is very entertaining as long as you don't engage with it.
First and foremost the romance B plot is bad. It really hurts Alita's growth as a character. She has to switch between cynical pragmatism and naive whimsy depending on whether Hugo is present or not. Their entire arc together is very cliche story…
Every answer Serenity gives bring more questions, every question it asks brings more questions, all I have are questions. Oh god so many questions.
Nothing in this movie makes any sense but I think that's intentional, or not? All of the characters seem like they aren't people but I guess they aren't? Why is Matthew McConaughey nude? Why does the salesman's objective turn on a dime? Why did he disappear? Why did he come back? How did John Conner even…
A drug fueled revenge nightmare set in a prog rock album cover. Mandy is essentially if Nicolas Winding Refn only listened to King Crimson instead of Kavinsky.
Much like Drive or Only God Forgives, Mandy is carried by striking visuals, wild cinematography, and the faces of the actors.
Solid stylistic character work and fun action hacking set pieces tied together as loosely as the long abandoned web of a daddy long legs.
I have not seen the David Fincher Americanized take on the first novel nor read the books but am a big fan of the original Noomi Rapace film trilogy.
While the Swedish films focused on the research portion of Lisbeth's game and played fast and loose with the sexual violence, often to uncomfortable effect, Spider's Web…
