Toxic fandom wins once again, with J.J. Abrams pretty much hitting the undo button on everything interesting about The Last Jedi. This feels like a whole new trilogy crammed within the space of a two hour movie. Absurd plotting, some nice eye candy, a couple of exciting scenes and a distinct lack of coherence and heart. Fun, but forgettable, which is kinda sad for the final chapter in the Skywalker saga. Rian Johnson got the last laugh...
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Ad Astra 2019
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Ad Astra is a serious science fiction film where a brooding, dissociating white dude travels first to the Moon and from there to Mars in order to transmit an audio broadcast to the outer solar system, because that's the most economical way of sending a message through space; he then stows aboard a rocket by climbing through one of its exhaust nozzles as its fucking launching (!), getting a few innocent people killed in the process, in order to reach…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1978
The best cinematic version of the Jack Finney's classic novel. Exquisite direction and photography, Sutherland at his best and a downbeat ending that sticks with you for a long time.
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