Bong continues to be my favorite filmmaker. Few go harder on capitalism and the west for the horrors they have perpetrated on the world. I love him when he’s angry, and he’s clearly angry about a lot of things! And same! I expect my rating of this one to increase when I rewatch it.
Shout out to Mark Ruffalo’s teeth, which are the most terrifying set of chompers since Willem Dafoe’s in Wild at Heart.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Not sure if it was the second viewing or the three months of thinking about it, but something about this movie finally clicked with me. I really did not like the second half the first time I saw it, but now I think I understand its message about the rottenness of the American Dream and how that rot infects everything it touches. Even the hollowness of the epilogue worked better for me this time because I see that the that…
I don’t normally rate TV on here, but I’ll make an exception for the greatest season in television history.
All the things that annoyed me the first time worked much better for me on rewatch. Dougie is one of the funniest tv characters of all time! I’m sorry I was ever impatient with you, Dougie.
The ending is absolutely stunning and still one of the most unsettling things I’ve ever seen. But beyond that, there are so many things to…
