This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Let's just deal with two things first before we even look as what this movie has to say about writers and the writing life.
(1) This dude is an atrocious writer, as evidenced by the slow pan across his laptop screen: "He pricks her slightly so that a thin trickle of blood starts rolling down her neck and says, "I'm gonna rape and kill you right here..." Not exactly killer prose (so sorry for the pun, but I'm leaving it).…
There is Bob Dylan, and there is the legend or the mythology of Bob Dylan. Timothee Chalamet perfectly captures the mythology of Dylan in this awesome flick. Yes, A Complete Unknown is a biopic, but it's not really even trying to be historically accurate. Instead, and this is intentional since Dylan himself was involved in the making of the movie, this is a biography of the fictional version of Bob Dylan, the artiste, the troubadour who refused to be boxed…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The Obligatory Zach Snyder's Justice League Post.
(Spoilers. You've been warned.)
My thoughts:
1. OMG. Martian Manhunter. I think I may have actually squee-ed out loud.
2. Whatever ZS may miss in plot, he more than makes up for in epic scope, tone, and simple grandiose storytelling style. This is the single most beautifully filmed comic book super-hero movie yet.
3. ZS one-uped the N52 comic here by making Cyborg such a necessary part of why the league needed to…
First. Don't get this one mixed up with the remarkable Spanish series about the department store. It's not that Velvet (as good as that is).
Okay? So now that we're on the same page.
Be warned. This movie has a lot of skin. I mean, a lot of skin. But that doesn't mean it's erotic. It's about as sexy as a discussion on existentialism. And that's fine. Because what this movie does (and does well, though some would call it…
