There’s actually some life here, and De Niro and Willis and everyone seem really invested, but the script is pretty limp and the daggers just aren’t sharp enough. I’m not sure Barry Levinson is capable of being as mean-spirited as he needs to be to make a Hollywood satire like this work.
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Saturday Night 2024
I was a big SNL nerd growing up so I appreciated all the references and getting to see everyone have their moments, and this cast is a lot of fun. A few annoyances here and there, and I did feel a bit stuck between generations watching all these kids who are much younger than me play out the nostalgic memories of people much older than me. But this is an easy, breezy watch that I’m sure I’ll happily revisit at some point.
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Ex Machina 2015
“Why is it up to anyone?”
This is going to become better and smarter and more prophetic and more iconic and more influential and more important as time passes.
I really like the structure of this movie. Caleb’s sessions with Ava intercut with his increasingly unsettling discussions with Nathan. The tension always ratcheting up, up, up. And the whole thing is sealed in a pleasingly Kubrickian airlessness. I should probably watch Devs.
AND THAT DANCE SCENE!
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