Densely atmospheric and oppressive, only let down by a few cheap jumpscares and a few pacing issue near the middle. Willem Dafoe's character is fantastically written and performed, but I'm mixed on his inclusion since he's a constantly comforting presence in a film that otherwise is very effectively fixated on being a parade of disgust and dread.
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Enola Holmes 2020
Utterly dull and lifeless, my sense of tedium while watching only surpassed by my absolute irritation at its passing, half-hearted attempts at cute whimsy (if she looks at the camera one more time, I swear to God...). While Enola is initially a charming protagonist she's promptly elbowed out of her own story to make more space for absolutely nothing, with a central... mystery? that I didn't realize was meant to be the central mystery until about 20 minutes before the…
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The Place Promised in Our Early Days 2004
Project Shinkai 2/6
"Emotional shot of train or railroad crossing" count: 5 (for a total of 7)
Oh my God what have I gotten myself into?
You can't have a film that's all emotional moments. You just can't. It gets exhausting quick, and if everything is meant to be hard hitting, nothing will actually hit hard. To quote the great Syndrome, "When everyone is Super, no one will be".
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Your Name. 2016
Project Shinkai 6/6
"Emotional Shot of Train or Railroad Crossing" Count: 5 (for a total of 38)Makoto Shinkai is, if nothing else, an interesting director. He skipped the rigid process that usually leads to becoming a big-name anime director by largely working outside the studio system, and became a megahit director at the relatively young age of 43 with Your Name, the current best performing anime of all time. For this, he's acrued a large amount of praise, often…
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