Jonathan Drouin Pro

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Trying to become a cultured film person thing.

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Opus 2025

★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

I think I liked almost everything but the script which tried to paper over everything with a quick last minute monologue.
The extra .5 is for ending the movie with a TV on the Radio song.
Evita 1996

★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2025

I see the vision and there are certainly lots of great shots and a few good songs dispersed but a musical that is all singing will never be for me. I need a pause or it all just starts to blur together aurally.

The Creator 2023

★★ Watched 16 Oct 2023

It’s a shame a movie with so many good sci fi trappings as The Creator comes away with none of the thought or nuance that allows the genre to really grab you. Visually the movie has everything going for it but the closer you inspect every single plot or character element the more it fails.
Monkey Man 2024

★★★½ Watched 04 Apr 2024

I’m very split on Monkey Man, it is a movie that is just on the cusp of greatness. The brutal action sequences fly and even the interstitials mostly work to give an emotional core but to me it feels like Dev Patel had almost too much to say about too many things. It feels like a first time film maker putting all his thoughts and ideas into a movie without giving them enough time to breathe, this played out in…