Videodrome but it’s a 2000s Midwest emo song.
(This is obv reductive and I think this might actually be a better film than Videodrome but I feel like Schoenbrun would also want me to embrace the meme.)
Have now watched 3 times (31 July, 02 August, 08 August).
The tenderness with which Jack Haven says “…boys?” makes my eyes water just thinking about it. Might honestly be my favourite single moment in any film I’ve seen this year. If it…
The first two thirds are honestly about as perfect as I’ve seen in a long time. Kind of lost me in the final third but that might also be because I’m an idiot. The first hour or so though; so much fun and genuinely some of the best cinema I’ve seen all year. Was in total rapture at what I was watching. Knows exactly what it is. Would love to rewatch. It does feel like Korean, Japanese and Chinese filmmakers understand shooting on digital far better than western filmmakers.
You love to see it, you really do. I don't know what to say about this that I haven't already said about Fellowship - Jackson & co. are still absolutely on one. Things get weirder (Ents), and possibly darker (the creepy af Dead Marshes - when Gollum tells Frodo and Sam that if they go into the water, they'll "light little candles of their own"- so creepy) and bigger, obviously the amazing Helm's Deep battle is massive, but the cast of…
Bloody lovely stuff tbh. The Witches are always a highlight of any adaptation of Macbeth for me and hoo boy is that true here. Not entirely sold on that final shot, but otherwise this is bangin’. Shout out to Alex Hassell- I don’t even remember that character in the play - it might just be a “servant” type role, or maybe it’s an amalgamation of a few roles, idk. Either way, he’s fantastic. Denzel and Frances are also straight up…
