Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Incredible climax to the first act.
The climax of the second is what makes some people hate this film.
Creative and loaded with potential metaphors (but are they cynical metaphors). Unfortunately not too coherent.
I feel no shame starting this review by talking about the urbanist world-building that goes on in the background of this film. It's the only reason the film can exist with such an optimistic tone.
We're presented with a truly urbanized Los Angeles, where a functional and utilized public transit system traverses densely developed highrises. It's a bit of a pastel vision of Corbusier. We see people (well-earning upper middle class) in public spaces, we see them at work, and…