I think that above all else, this is a film exploring (the illusion of?) choice and the illusion of faith, both realized through desperation and tragedy. Faith drives this family, but what, and who, will individuals turn to when facing deep hardship? Do they have faith in each other? Do they exclude some from that faith? I shan’t answer those questions because I don’t want to spoil the movie, but I loved how the themes played out and I loved…
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Mildred Pierce 1945
mmmmm yummy yummy yummy. This was beautiful and tragic, primarily through the unavoidability of all the events. The film lays out all the parts and clues for the audience to decipher well before the characters do. We know what will happen, we don’t want it to, and it happens anyway. This is achieved through opening right at the action, the crime, and also with the obvious themes and traits that the characters cannot separate from: sacrifice, grooming, and turning infinite…
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The Innocents 1961
THIS WAS SOOOO FUCKED UPPP OH MY GOD.
i was in shock after it ended. i wandered around my apartment in a daze. sooo good. so visually gorgeous, so well done, so incredibly performed by nearly everyone, so gross and yucky, with overall a delicious sticky slow honey feel to it all. i took 4 big ass pages of notes and may structure my final CINE332 essay around it.
this is up there on my horror favs list. i watched it free on youtube so get on it if you want beautiful cinematography and to be utterly shell shocked.
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The Batman 2022
finally!!!!!
that about sums up my thoughts about this. we finally have an actually interesting portrayal of these characters along with unique arcs (specifically for bruce and selena; separately and as a couple). this feels like a fresh, inspired take on a story done to death and i was so surprised at how much i loved it. fantastic visuals and score along with deeper emotions i normally don’t expect from the genre. i personally have complicated feelings surrounding superhero movies but…
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