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The Avengers 2012
If I were a tiny bit more pompous I would call this a great piece
of pop-classical mythology – you get to see actual fistfights between
gods and monsters, who probably represent all sorts of struggles within the human id and ego, although at this point their relationship to actual people (i.e. the mortals watching the movie) have been pretty strained through decades of comic book continuity. Even so, large sections of this film reminded me of how excited I…Translated from by -
Contraband 2012
Apparently a remake of the Euro-smuggler movie Reykjavik-Rotterdam, directed by a guy who acted in that movie. Haven't seen the original and can only presume the story was bent out of shape to fit the demands of a vehicle for Mark Wahlberg. Here Marky plays another of his patented working-class heroes/honourable thieves, in this case a reformed smuggler and humble social climber who now lives out in the suburbs with his dyed-blonde wife Kate Beckinsale (not so much a character…
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Minority Report 2002
Hadn't seen it since it first came out 10 years ago. Remembered hating its hybrid shiny/grungy future aesthetic and sub-Columbo whodunnitry. Reverse Shot's recent reconsideration of Spielberg's entire output made curious to watch it again. If anything, I disliked it even more this time. Every aspect of the production and plot feel over-engineered, with the admittedly wild premise of psychic slave-detectives continually undercut by generic and utterly outdated tricks of murder fiction, most egregiously when the killer gives himself away…
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