Hmm yeah idk about this one!
I was really looking forward to this on the merit of Bong Joon-ho’s name behind it but honestly feel a little underwhelmed.
Naturally, there’s some level of social commentary to be extracted from it but the notes def didn’t resonate as much as a lot of his past work has for me. And I honestly think I’m a little jaded after having endured maybe one too many Trump-esque caricatures.
It’s a pretty fun watch…
Really hard to hate on anything where the lead (Stallone) is putting themselves through this much physical strain.
Totally fine just like the first installment. Delivers on the war-torn #Nam action that I was expecting to see in First Blood with flying colors. The set pieces are really cool and seeing things explode is never not fun.
The forced broken English written for Julia Nickson in this (stunning btw) is brutalizing to sit through but can maybe be forgiven for…
Like if Atlanta S4 brought you back here.
As the mockumentary from that show portrays clearly, this is one of the most subtlety Black pieces of media that has ever came out of Disney studios. For TEVIN CAMPBELL to be chosen as the voice of teen pop sensation Powerline over the multitude of white male pop stars at the time of this film’s release was so monumental and I won’t brush over that.
Now, to get into the weeds. It…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Oscars szn baby (part 3).
So… for the vast majority of this movie I just wasn’t getting it. It kinda felt like a no-plot piece and after awhile I was starting to get antsy in search of some meaningful plot developments.
Then, I arrived at around the last 15 minutes of the film, took about 5 minutes to process what I’d just watched, and literally started crying as the credits finished rolling.
This story of depression, parenthood, aging, and memory…
