i really liked these movies and also spent like 4 hours reading about the plot of dune on wikipedia. i thought timothee did a good job and there were some really cool fights. i like the way the political crisis emerges from the interplay of everyone trying to shift things for their own benefit, it feels very true to how moments of rapid political change actually play out. i don’t know if it would’ve made sense if i hadn’t taught myself dune lore yesterday but, i was able to understand and like the movie without reading the book.
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Oppenheimer 2023
Very watchable for a three hour movie and clearly intended as a nuanced criticism of Oppenheimer. IDK how anyone saw this as a defense of nukes.
solid dialogue, unusually for nolan, though i wasn’t as impressed with the effects as most people. nolan definitely benefits from having a topic as grand as his style, which can sometimes be unnecessary.
he also manages exactly 1 (one) moment of restraint and thematic nuance and it’s timed for exactly the correct point—one of the…
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Wag the Dog 1997
you used to just be able make a mainstream film with the premise “bill clinton is a pedo starting a war to escape the allegations” and they’d just let you do it
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