Interesting industry case study I guess, WB clearly had no idea what the fuck to do with this film, it’s marketed as much more madcap than it actually is and perhaps if I watch it again knowing what I know now my response will be different. Eleanor made the point that this was clearly written thinking Trump would lose and I think that puts some of its intended comedy in a much bleaker feel because there’s now no satire or…
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House 1977
Saw a lot more shared DNA with Hanagatami this time around, felt much more sentimental this time too. Felt somehow like the cut they showed at Nitehawk was missing parts I remembered from watching before but maybe things just made less of an impact a second time around. Still such a great use of edits/the frame to emphasize things with its very 1 of 1 visual language.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
I thought this would be sort of perfunctory viewing to watch the rest of them, probably won’t see Dial of Destiny in theaters but I’m sick so I wanted to do something fun and cozy — much to my surprise this movie still feels fresh baby!!! It doesn’t feel like a saccharine retread of shit from Spielberg and co’s youth, the characters feel alive and authentic in their own right, all the good parts of the old movies with the…
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Megalopolis 2024
What a treat, Francis is one of the last guys alive who actually likes movies the way they used to be made when people considered them good. If you actually rewatch any of the movies that you loved when you got into movies or that are considered classics, most of them are actually like this — vibe fests pieced together through what the coolest choice would be to move to the next scene. There was a time when people knew…
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