Masterful in vibe and allegory, but given the length of the medium, I needed to have some stable footing to truly be invested in the experience. Admittedly, I knew about the trans experience at the heart of the story going in, and I'm quite sure I would've picked up on it early on with the choice in mixed gender vocal performance for the protagonist, as well as multiple references to trans visuals as well as questions of sexuality and identity…
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Three Months 2022
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I really wanted to love this movie, and for the ride that it takes you on it does a good job at earning my attention, but it is also highly locked into a three-act structure that is predictable almost every step of the way. Once you know there's an estranged religious mother, you know there will be a poorly-received reunion in act 3. Once you know the love interest is only planning on disclosing his situation to his family under…
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The Hunt 2012
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I must preface my review by first establishing that my half-star rating has nothing to do with a personal fervent belief in the infallibility of accusations by minors, or accusers of any age for that matter, as most reviews with this rating usually contend. In fact, I have read extensively about the horrors of false accusations and am defiant in my attitude against any blanket belief in all sexual allegations raised against anyone, given how so many men and boys…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
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What this movie mastered is the art of building up and executing set pieces; the truck chase scene, the psychiatric hospital escape, the Cyberdyne break-in and shootout, and the helicopter pursuit into the final showdown in the steel mill. The antagonist also always felt more intimidating and powerful than anybody on the hero's side of the equation, so every escape and sidestep from the T-1000 felt both triumphant and necessary for the momentum of the plot.
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