This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I just want everyone who is mad that this movie didn’t speak to their personal understanding of current American politics to ask themselves if they ever needed that from any vague fictional war before this one.
I think people are watching the wrong movie to be honest. A lot of y’all are trying to see how it connects to America right now politically. But I believe this is a commentary of how we treat foreign struggles in a way that…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Let’s discuss morality in horror films for a quick sec, specifically in relation to Bobby-Lynne’s death and why I think it derails the entire film in a way that X can’t recover from. At this point in the movie, it’s been revealed that Pearl and Howard are killing off our protagonists because of jealousy for their youth and beauty with a mix of puritanical rage at their being adult film stars. All well and good, although the inherent ageism of “look…
This is a very long Youtube video. It’s just a different medium. Vera did her best but this just… is not a movie. It’s an extended sketch.
I’ll die before I give Adam Elliot anything less than a 5-star. He is the GOAT for sentimental stories that don’t feel calculated.
That being said, it does explore the same emotional territories as Mary & Max to an extent I am vaguely disappointed with. Mary Daisy Dinkle and Grace Pudel are, for all intents-and-purposes, the same character and I would have liked Adam to explore his impeccable Dickensian-style storytelling with a new protagonist. Maybe have made this a two-hander with…
I love animated movies. This is what I imagine people who hate them feel like every animated movie is: just constant screaming, flat plotting, and weak jokes. The voice acting (of actors I usually like) is hyped up to 11, which becomes grating after a few minutes. The plot itself is obvious and unsurprising with no plot moments that have any weighty stakes.
Now combine that with a near constant stream of paint-by-numbers faux sentimentality, vague corporate-approved gestures at representation,…
