Alex Garland in cynical, we're-all-fucked shocker. I enjoyed it, even though you could spend all day poking legitimate holes in it. It's really not all that different than the Garland-scripted 28 Days Later, or the general plotline of the "zombie" genre: a small group of people travels from place to place, finding that when society has devolved to the point that there are plausibly no repercussions for actions, every day is a potential random brush with violence or death. I…
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Challengers 2024
Sports! I, for one, enjoy sports. I don't know a whole lot about tennis, but I wish I did... whenever I watch a match where I'm invested in the outcome, it's very fun... I think it's one of the best sports. And this movie is from a lauded director, and everyone's been raving about the innovative camera work and the transgressiveness of the material.
I wouldn't even say I went into Challengers with "high expectations", because it didn't even occur…
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Jojo Rabbit 2019
Jojo Rabbit bills itself as an "anti-hate satire", and for reasons I'll go into shortly, I think that's inaccurate. But it's certainly a satire of some sort, lampooning the Nazi regime via a Hitler Youth member (played by Roman Griffin Davis) who is derisively nicknamed "Jojo Rabbit" early in the film due to his meekness. Jojo also has an imaginary friend, who is -- you probably know about this part -- Adolf Hitler, played by the movie's writer and director,…
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Alita: Battle Angel 2019
There were two ways I thought this movie could go that it avoided, and made it a lot better than I thought it would be.
1. There was no "Is it right to kill? Does it make me less than human?" stuff. Alita's not a Pinocchio who wants to be a real girl.
2. On the flip side, there was also no "I don't understand emotions" or "I'm a grim terminator" stuff. It does look at first like we're going…
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