One of the greatest directors of all times made one of the greatest movies of all time and it’s not even their best work.
This movie is an absolute technical powerhouse. For being 10 years old, it’s one of the most gorgeous movies to ever be made, has one of the most heart pounding intense scores Hans has ever made, and it takes what is such an amazing saving the human race from its own destruction story and cranks it…
I read somewhere that the difference between a comedy and a horror comes down to the choice in music. The substance walks that fine line so well, turning the whacky world Dennis Quaid is living in into some kind of liminal nightmare and taking what could be an Eric Andre show bit into the sheer horror of a final act that had me pushing my drink away and covering my mouth.
I have never felt anything like this before leaving…
A sequel that takes the themes and lessons of the first one and expands on it within a new context????? It’s not the same rehashed bullshit????? It actually does something different????? Character have scars that are lasting and further explored????? Consequences for actions?????? All while maintaining the same level of quality in its technicals??????? In an animated family film? Yall have I been sleeping on the How to Train your Dragon trilogy????
I’m taking my family to Epic Universe this week so the movie prep marathon begins:
Many things shocked me here
1. I actually do not think I’ve seen this before
2. The score blew my socks off
3. The animation and lighting did not age well at all???
4. So many moments I got chills
5. I fucking cried
The final shot might be one of the hauntingly beautiful endings I’ve ever seen in a film. The more I think about it, the scarier it settles with me.
Bong does such a great job balancing a story about the inept ability of the South Korean police force at the time and how their failures led to obsession while still giving you a gripping mystery that it’s easy to forget how funny this movie can be.
One major aspect of…
