Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
"people didn't really seem to like the slow burn nature of the first film, but they really like the last 15 minutes. Why don't we just make the last 15 minutes of the first film into most of this film"
Subversion of expectations the movie. From introducing a generic boring love interest only to reveal him as a shit heal and kill him off before the final act to the absolute batshit ending. Just bloody brilliant!
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
My opinion of this film can be summed up by it's final moments.
Spoilers: Jack attempts to reach heaven by scaling a rock wall to a stair case above the pit to hell. His attempt is scored by intense sound design and a gripping sense of if he will make it. The moment he falls is shown through a negative colour scheme which doesn't make sense in the perspective that the movie has told us this filter thrives in. Then…
Gadd is an Incredible artist and we need more people like him to have platforms to tell there stories, not only to shock and amaze audiences but inform those who aren't aware of the kind of world we live in as well as let those who need to hear it know that they aren't alone.
The entire cast are incredible, especially Gunning, the pacing and direction is like nothing I've ever seen in a mainstream project before and the mere…
"But what if we make the audience feel more talked down to?" -M. Night Shyamalan
I commend this movie in some areas, the effects artists and cinematographer deserved so much more money than what they were probably given, their work is a real treat. As well as this, there's such an incredible concept here, building upon this inherent fear of aging with concepts like how it affects aspects like mental health, illness, puberty and other attributes of life that you…