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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Fun movie with an interesting premise that is carried by its actors. Ralph Fiennes is outstanding as Chef Slowik who just absolutely loves food (to a psychotic degree). The really cool setting of the film is made funnier by the fact that the highly exclusive and fancy island was, in reality, shot in Chatham County, Georgia. The cinematography was really well done and I thought the close ups on the food (for example the burger scene) made sense, since they…
Really cool (and potentially a bit too real if you wanna be dramatic) premise for a film that is executed pretty well. The main character was honestly one of the weaker points, I wish that she had a bit more of an actual character instead of “Oh I want to take pictures of fucked up things and nothing is getting in my way”. I understand that the intention was to make her come across as old, tired, and a grizzled…
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Pretty good. Great cinematography and great casting make up for a handful of weird continuity errors and questionable dialogue. Nick Cage very effectively plays the part of an insane psycho. Definitely did not expect the final 1/3 of the movie, but was a cool twist. A few really fun and interesting shots like the one with a character framed in the back window of a car.