To get a film of this scale done to this level of perfection is so special. To have it come from the man that made me fall in love with cinema in the first place is something I could not be more grateful for. Im gonna put out a full review probably sometime tomorrow but for now I'm just going to sit with one of the best things I've ever seen.
EDIT: mattmckenziereviews.blogspot.com/2024/02/dune-part-two-movie-review.html
I knew going in that there was going to be a darkness to this, however I didn't think it was a darkness I would relate to. Even while watching I was struggling to see just why people found it so emotional. Then a moment of realization clicked in where I realized exactly where it was going and that left me sitting through the credits with a gut wrenched feeling and closeness to tears that I've never felt after. It's the…
Two things:
1) shoutout to women, y'all rock
2) how many more of these do we need before we get "little women & zombies"
Consider me VERY surprised. Obviously Bigelow is one of the greats, but this has been just sitting on my watchlist for years with no idea it would end up being my fav of hers. One of the strangest, coolest, most fascinating crime/sci-fi thrillers I've seen. Ralph Fiennes is giving a performance I never would have expected from him, and Angela Bassett is just infinitely cool. I'm obsessed
Bro 1: Bro
Bro 2: what bro?
Bro 1: you know fight club?
Bro 2: yeah bro
Bro 1: so imagine fight club
Bro 2: yeah man
Bro 1: but like... an action movie
Bro 2: *in disbelief*
Bro 1: and they can like... bend bullets
Bro 2: *in more disbelief* broooo
Bro 1: and like... Angeline Jolie is in it... and like... Morgan Freeman
Bro 2: *beyond disbelief* broooooooo
Bro 1: and that goat guy from the Narnia movie
Bro 2: *explodes from disbelief*
How am I expected to exist after watching this? Fuck
