Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Icky, not scary and adds nothing of value to the Omen story. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Catholic Church is the bad guy! I’ve got to stop seeing these types of movies, they’re never any good. Nell Tiger Free is great tho.
2024’s “Hooper.” Like that 1978 misguided tribute to stuntmen, it’s less a movie than a filmed document of people having fun making a “movie.” There were enough fun and funny moments (like those involving the unicorn) that I was at times distracted from the “movie’s” lazy self awareness and fundamental insipidity. Featuring one of the most overtly tacked on “how can we make this spectacular” Salieri climaxes that is neither funny nor thrilling. Most irritating was the ultra-broad acting which reached hammy heights in Hannah Waddingham’s obviously bewigged producer character.
I’m a long time Dunie and I love Denis Villeneuve so had high hopes. I’m now convinced the only way to fully represent what the book has to offer is a long form series like on hbo max. For me this was a you don’t get enough experience. Not enough on the bene gesserit, not enough on the harkonnens, not enough on the Mentats, not enough on the emperor and the political environment, and definitely not enough on the spice,…