actually had a really fun time, despite a very prolonged, messy final act with some inexplicable detours (nightmare scene? huh??). Parasite was brilliant but bong joon ho clearly prefers the high concept, speculative genre - and this was easily my favourite compared to okja or snowpiercer. This film conforms wholeheartedly to the idea that the age of trump has rendered subtlety obsolete when it comes to politics, and it’s this context that allows mark ruffalo and toni colette to let it rip with gloriously cartoonish performances. R patz, steven yeun and naomi ackie also a total pleasure to watch.
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The Brutalist 2024
Despite the immense runtime, I found this v absorbing and well paced - the interval gives the film room to breathe in addition to functioning as a PR talking point. Top marks for acting and cinematography. But I really wasn't sure about the abrupt swerve that the plot takes in the final 3/4, which felt at best heavy-handed and at worst gratuitous, and the film didn't quite exploit the metaphoric richness of architecture in the way I'd hoped it might.…
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Apocalypse Now 1979
A psychedelic odyssey into the depths of war ruptured Vietnam which entirely earns its legendary status. It's a feat in itself that 40+ years from its release, the film still serves up a banquet of spectacles; the infamous Ride of the Valkyries chopper formation remains lurchingly impressive, whilst the lurid palette of a world lit in equal turns by missiles, napalm and fireworks has lost none of its dazzling effect.
Naturally, the film is rich in literary references and philosophical…
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