A lot more interesting than the trailers sold. Less a cautionary tale than a story about the role observers play in conflict. Gonna be thinking about it for a while
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Monkey Man 2024
I’m surprised how many people seem thrown by the structure. This is a very conventional revenge movie structure - hero tries, hero fails, hero convalesces, hero trains, hero succeeds.
The action is a bit choppy but mostly effective. Dev does great on both sides of the camera, would love to see more
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1941 1979
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is considered a classic while this superior (in execution and every other way) film is considered one of Spielberg's "failures." Phooey.
The Director's Cut is one of the best pieces of "madness comedy" I've ever seen. All the various plot threads are satisfying and everyone gets a moment to shine - nearly every important character actor from the 70's is here, from Warren Oates to Murray Hamilton. On top of that, this is the only film where you can see Slim Pickens tell Toshiro Mifune "You ain't gettin doodly-shit outta me."
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It Follows 2014
Let's hope this is a sign. A sign that filmmaking is in vogue again among horror movie makers and that we'll see a wave of horror films that scare us in new ways. I never thought I'd be scanning a frame for out of focus extras in the background for most of the film, but here I am. I never thought I'd take such notice of an aspect ratio (VHS era excluded).
If Stephen King wrote a script that John Carpenter filmed it might look like this.
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