verybadtakes

verybadtakes

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  • Fargo
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
  • Get Out
  • First Reformed

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  • Mickey 17

  • Superboys of Malegaon

  • The Chess Players

  • Capote

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    Not every bong hit rips, though having bobby pat around always helps. owns this movie from start to finish.

  • Superboys of Malegaon

    Superboys of Malegaon

    soft, easy and inoffensive, but glossy production and awkward accents can't help but let slip that unmistakable stench of khar social

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  • Monkey Man

    Monkey Man

    this is important: there's a weird flavour of orientalism that NRIs and Indian-origin foreigners seem to do to themselves in all these movies and shows. parts of this one feel like it's been picked out of a tintin panel. there's so much gimmicky nonsense - like ordering a frooti at a bar? no precedence, and a symbol of an India long gone. but it's the kind of thing that feeds into warped NRI nostalgia. orientalism of the homeland, let's call…

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★

    i really want to feel what everyone's feeling about these movies, but my god this was so stupid. great visuals and some beautifully designed scenes, but there seems to be no emotional core, or any emotion at all, to anchor yourself to. we're just unfeelingly watching events pass us by, and ya you can be awed by cool giant worms every once in a while, but who the hell am i rooting for here, who is the character crazy white ppl will name their child after.

    sometimes movies can be overpolished, and dune might be one of those

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