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Smoking Causes Coughing 2022
I would rather watch 26 films of whatever the fuck this is than the Marvel franchise, I’ll give it that.
Gory blowing up turtle causing ever further splat was a big laugh, great bit. Never got another one that good but there were consistent enough laughs to pass the good comedy test. Norbert had great comedic timing. The rat bedding hot women is a great stupid gag. The stories were kind of Kinds of Kindess (2024) vibes and completely outrageous…
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A Real Pain 2024
A fine watchable piece. It’s always engaging without ever being riveting. The tone is light enough while dealing with a dark underlying subject that it’s not off-putting or depressing. That being said there’s no actual ‘laughs’ for me, just moments that are lightly amusing where you might give a nod and go ‘ha’.
Performances are strong. The narrative can sometimes feel a bit fake-deep, alongside the fact that it already feels like a film shoehorning as many holocaust mentions in…
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Rear Window 1954
The piano man’s apartment has the most beautiful windows I’ve ever seen.
It’s been about 12 years since I watched this movie for film studies in a screening room of chatty teenagers. Now I’m seeing it properly I can see why it’s considered a masterpiece.
So early in the wider history of film and especially of sound in film, coming up with this concept was genius of Hitchcock. Then managing to execute it is maybe even more impressive. The narrative work…
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The Prince of Egypt 1998
I can see the technical merits. There’s a strong score by Zimmer, some performances of gravitas from Fiennes especially, and the visuals are really impressive. Clever imagery like the fire lighting up eyes of the statue, the shadow of the whale in the parted sea - amazing. However the whole thing felt more like an artful music video than a film. I think if you break down scenes of tangible and productive dialogue compared to montages among songs, it’s probably…
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