"Why do men instinctively pull at loose threads on their parachutes?"
A wonderful little jigsaw puzzle of a film that somehow, simultaneously, feels both so out of place and time stylistically and also so totally in tune with the intersocial network of modern society. Layered in extremely enjoyable ways to pick apart - as parody of its genre, interplay of cat and mouse between a writer penning one last mystery for a detective to solve beyond his grave, maybe even…
"When a man's got money in his pocket he begins to appreciate peace."
In context of itself, a really interesting synthesis on western America through the lens of European modernism. In context of beginning the Dollars trilogy and, effectively, Leone's filmography, a breakout moment which venerated him as a name to watch as his films would expand westward and be absorbed into the consciousness of American audiences. But in context of its direct inspiration, most of all? A Fistful of…
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As slop as slop gets, shat straight out of Kevin Feige's ass into the pig trough for the piggy masses to eat up. I went into this as a former MCU enjoyer who genuinely wanted to have fun, and I've come away thinking that Ryan Reynolds may just be the most fucking annoying dude in Hollywood.
An actively un-engaging bore written by bad faith Twitter actors and fascinated by Redditor nostalgia for mid-'00s comic book movies most unmemorable drivel, as…
"The only thing I could do to make amends was to be useful to others."
Kurosawa lending his effortless ability to engage an audience through motion-filled movies, that always stay interesting in their soaring poeticism and awe-inspiring constructions, to a story about empathy and kindness prevailing in the face of overwhelming darkness. A true belief in the bettering of humanity stemming from servitude for the less fortunate; a text that earnestly ushers forth its ideas that all people can inherently…
