Really enjoyed this and was quite compelled by it. I understand criticisms of class representation in this film, but whereas scholarship on this typically defines the poorer servants of the house as "invisible" from the narrative I disagree. The final moment of the film (ignoring the mid-credits scene[s]) is dedicated to Alice and Dubey. Yes they have less screentime, but for me the natural and casual nature of their falling in love in many ways felt more impactful to me…
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A RAD Documentary 2025
Highlights of watching this include:
- the actor for Luke being weirdly into his character and imagining a ton of backstory and alternate universe possibilities for a role that has minimal screen time
- the camera weirdly zooming in and out on people's faces as well as random two shots where the camera zooms in on the person who isn't talking
- Hal Needham forcing a bunch of 16 year old BMX kids to launch down a 3-storey tall ramp…
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Barbie 2023
Falls completely flat on its face over and over again. The production design is really good but from the trailers we knew that was going to be the highlight. I liked Gosling but surprisingly not Robbie, but honestly I think the movie really stole her spotlight. Once the human characters get introduced, this movie becomes much more of a Gosling's Ken and human mother-daughter story and Robbie's Barbie feels left to the wayside. The movie even admits that it's not…
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