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Medicine Man 1992
What an odd movie. The color grading is muted, unable to capture the lushness of the rainforest. The low light scenes are really cool on a technical level. The rainforest chem lab while totally ridiculous looks cool and the locations in general are beautiful, and the score is pretty good too. However, this does not make up for all the whack shit in this movie which basically comes down to the chemistry between the Sean and Lorraine. There's a scene…
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The Garden of Words 2013
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Wow, I dunno what to say, I was cycling between low and high fever when I watched this. I wanted to watch something soft and soothing, which this was and it was very nice to look at. However, the school boy falls for teacher plot plus a little tip of the hat to mild foot fetishism kinda gave me weird vibes. The end.
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Perfect Days 2023
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I feel like I have a pretty different appraisal of this film from what I have seen so far. I haven't looked into Japanese criticism of the film yet, but I'm sure they pick up on the stuff I was thinking about as I watched it. All told, this is a beautiful movie and quite rewarding in that it is multivariegated and leaves a lot to consider. This isn't so much a review as just a lot of thoughts I…
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Barb Wire 1996
For all its sex appeal and corny-ness this is a pretty cool and well made film and definitely falls into the realm of forgotten or overlooked cyberpunk movies. It brings to mind Albert Pyun's Nemsis, with its silly cyberpunk trinket-like plot devices and set pieces which are some how fun and nostalgic to see now. All told this is a fun movie in my opinion, and that mileage is extended if you consider this was based on a comic book…
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