I'm by no means a Shakespeare nerd, but I love Macbeth. A power hungry Lord hears wind of his own destiny and kills and lies his way to the throne before spiraling due to circumstances of his own creation. Moreover, the supernatural elements of the play lend to really interesting interpretations from different creators, and I always love seeing how they portray the dagger, Banquo's ghost, the Sisters etc.
So when I saw Joel Coen, who specializes in stories about…
While I did have a great time watching this, this film just lacks the DRIP, the SWAG, the SAUCE of the original trilogy. Morpheus' new look, the quickly cuts in the action scenes, it all just doesn't have the same unparalleled VIBE. Still fun though, final motorcycle chase was dope and the video game developer angle in the first half was pretty smart. Don't hate me Lana, it's just not as swaggie!
If a director sets out to make a bad film and succeeds, does that make it good?
No. That just means they've made a bad film.
I swear, BREATHLESS is like Goddard spitting in my face and putting a rolled cigarette out between my eyes for wanting to enjoy his film. Goddard has all the inherently dramatic elements of the crime drama, and yet manages to suck out all of their tension through sloppy, intelligible editing. You could tell me…
In preparation for this film, Verhoven had all of the actors fuck before they started shooting
