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  What Happened to Monday 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  I can't imagine how complex it was to coordinate all the shots, and how Noomi Rapace was able to remain consistent in her subtly or vastly different portrayals of 7 different characters. Yes, there was some charicature and the standard division of roles, but overall it was convincing and fun. It wasn't much of a stretch to imagine it being a possible future. The revelations at the end weren't really suprising, but still there's something horrific and chilling about the authoritarian paraphrasing of "some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm prepared to make".

  Extra star for Noomi, just because.

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  JUNG_E 2023

  ★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  For at least the first half of the film I was thinking this was too derivative, re-treading old ground, the visual style too generic

  I wasn't sure whether the boss was meant to be comic or a parody, but neither really worked for me, and I was just annoyed by him.

  But then I was gradually taken in by Kang Soo-yeon quiet assured performance. Her relationship with her mother was compelling and emotionally complex. By the end I was quite invested.

  The story only really got interesting in the last quarter, which is a bit long to hang in there.

Popular reviews

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  Godland 2022

  ★ Watched 19 May 2023

  It feels as though everywhere you point the camera in Iceland is stunning.

  But that's not really enough to carry the film.

  I didn't feel a connection to any of the characters until far too far into the film.

  There were a few memorable moments, but its very premise of trying to create a story out of 9 disparate photographs still manages to leave gaps unfilled, and very little in the way of drama. The central character is dull at…

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  The Long Goodbye 1973

  ★★★★ Watched 08 May 2023

  Another great Robert Altman film.

  Looks great, has interesting camera movement, the dialogue is clever and inventive, there are details at the edges, and a kind of chaos sometimes, with people talking over one another, but it all feels natural.

  I don't think I've seen Elliot Gould star in anything before, other than M*A*S*H although that's more of an ensemble. He's great as the relaxed, good guy, smart talking gumshoe, often making asides which feel like you were fortunate enough…