Does that impossible thing of making its allegory very on the nose in the best way possible. This movie is a huge victim of marketing. It’s not a Chris Evans popcorn flick. It’s Bong Jun going hog wild on capitalism while giving us the best action sequences I’ve seen since Old Boy
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Emilia Pérez 2024
Every decision this movie makes is obviously a disaster, from its use of “music“ to its lazy portrayal of Mexico to the bizarre acting choices. But the greatest crime of this complete stain of a film is that it has absolutely nothing to say. There is no story here. No characters we root for or even really understand on any kind of basic level outside of “I want to be a woman isn’t that great/hard?” The movie wants to make…
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Megalopolis 2024
I will happily bump this to four stars if Coppola admits it’s a comedy. There’s no chance this was intended to be a serious, thought provoking movie. Adam Driver is an architect who is also a scientist who is also maybe a government employee of some kind who is also a time lord? Every single decision in this movie is mind melting. I keep going to reference specific moments of unhinged mania but cannot for the life of me choose between them all (nor do I want to spoil them). It’s a disaster. Go see it.
Half a star for the Voight scene. You’ll see.
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