Really liked this. But not as much as I like picturing Obama watching it.
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The Substance 2024
Well, that certainly ended differently than it started! Loved the cinematography. Hated the Tim and Eric editing that started to leak in. It's about as subtle as a ton of bricks to the head, but Dennis Quaid's character took it off the rails for me. Fun to watch, but I feel like the Academy overcorrected by nominating this. Prepare for more Green Books next year.
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Next Goal Wins 2023
Had this on my watchlist because it seemed like a story too good to mess up, and I'm always secretly hoping for the return of the feel-good sports film genre. Unfortunately, everything "Taika Waititi" about it sucks. You can hear his literal voice in every line of dialogue, and it's really distracting. All of the characters have his same sense of humor, to the point that none of them really feel like individuals. It might get by if the humor…
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Belfast 2021
Such a frustrating movie. There was absolutely no need to shoot this in black and white, other than to make it feel important, historical, and worthy of an Oscar. And Kenneth picked the wrong year to do it anyway--The Tragedy of Macbeth makes everything else pale in comparison. It's an even more baffling decision because the film takes place in 1969, but the black and white makes it feel like it's taking place in 1950. Seeing barbed wire barricades set…
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