I wonder why the US Army helped make a movie where they're responsible for, like, half of the damage and casualties in a giant monster movie, either through negligence or sheer incompetence.
Godzilla, a friend, says to cut your defense budget and invest in infrastructure instead.
Very elegantly unsettling, apart from maybe the last few minutes of incessant screaming near the end.
Imagine a family member, a good friend, or a loved one, who would only ever tell you what you want to hear, never what you need to know. Why they would do that?
Are they scared of how you'd otherwise respond, because you are quick to anger or prone to denial?
Do they believe you wouldn't be able to process unwanted news?
Are they so arrogant to think that you can be easily placated?
Are they simply indifferent to your…
Videogames have emulated war movies since forever, but I've never seen a movie that looks and behaves so much like a game.
It's an easy comparison to make. Because 1917 appears to be shot as a single sequence, there's a strong unity between time and space. Distances become smaller, and time shorter. As a result, the movie's events succeed each other linearly and neatly within walking distance, as if they were set pieces, encounters, boss fights for the player to…
