Emilia Pérez relies mostly on its spectacle for what is a very loose story, brushing off important story beats and oversimplifying plot elements with a musical number put in place to make us forget about it, and while I could see the thriller/musical working under different circumstances, this one didn’t offer enough on either department. This movie relies so hard on its audience dismissing its story for the sake of thematic underbellies that it just twists and turns with no sense…
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Wicked 2024
While Wicked succeeds on so many levels, its lack of character really brings it down. The film leans very hard on the idea of giving backstory to the smallest of details, missing its own paper thin narrative at times and rendering a large portion of the runtime aimless as it just somewhat prepared us for the next musical number. The songs were good and obviously well-performed given the talent involved, but the choreography never had that element of magic you’d like to…
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Baby Driver 2017
Wait, wait, wait! I got to start the song over.
BabyA magnificent movie by Edgar Wright, about a mysterious guy with good driving skills named Baby (Yes, B-A-B-Y), it could seem so shallow but it's a lot more when we hear of his backstory, which makes him the evilest good guy I've ever seen (or the nicest bad guy, It depends).
The movie is mostly fast paced due to the intense car chases, the movie's name is Baby Driver…
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Past Lives 2023
I always find myself fascinated with unfulfilled destinies no matter what, the fleeting moment of unnoticed joy you get to experience before it’s gone and then realizing that it was a special thing, you just were too focused on living it while also knowing that trying to acknowledge how special it is in the midst of things will just detach you from how magical it is, then years may pass by and a reunion may occur, but it’s still just…
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