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I despise the notion that this film is boring, and even worse, when people declare that the film is “meant to be boring.” It’s also not a joke, or a “hate letter to cinema”, a “fuck you” to the establishment or anything like that. The experimental element serves the film’s message perfectly, and is entirely intentional, and dare I say beautiful, entrancing, deeply feeling and empathetic. Yes it’s true, it is repetitive and slow-moving, but that is its selling point!…
Penis Parker learns the true meaning of sacrifice, tenderly rejecting his childhood sweetheart’s advances, knowing secretly that their romance would pose a threat to her safety due to the enemies he has created from fighting the evil spirits lurking in his own community, and continuing on the battle for justice. She cannot know or understand why, yet accepts him, fully knowing that all he does for her is out of love, which may feel out of grasp presently but will…
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Baffling to me how anyone can enjoy this, bar some cool looking body horror towards the end, I could not turn away from how much the director wants to guide you through every single moment without leaving any ambiguity or subtlety. So many cutbacks, voiceovers where the director is desperate to make you see, "LOOK, that thing that guy said earlier? That's what this scene is exploring!". Every scene has some ginormous sign or zoom-in onto something in order to…
Click (2006) is admittedly a very flawed, offensive and mostly discardable project by Adam Sandler and co, but I’m willing to instead live in ignorance and make a case for this being both a biting, absurdist satire and profound exploration on themes of existentialism and thoughtful critique of consumer culture under late-stage capitalism. The conception of this movie likely came from late-night rewatches of It’s A Wonderful Life, since it is mostly rehashing those same conclusions but in the setting…