Soylent Green is an excellent cautionary Sci-Fi movie directed by Richard Fleischer, it's an exploration/prediction of many things ranging from poverty, lack of resources, climate change, overpopulation and a few other things and while it doesn't get the time to fully explore each of those topics it naturally weaves each one of them through the story organically to focus on a few, those being poverty and lack of resources.
The first 30 minutes of this film is a little bit…
BlacKkKlansman is an incredibly unique film, the blend of contemporary issues, history, drama and humour make for an eye opening experience. The one thing I thought was done exceptionally well was the job Spike Lee and the writers did of finding the right balance between the humour, addressing the topics the film explores and the drama nothing feels forced or hamfisted, it all compliments each other to great effect, evoking a wide range of emotion.
The performances were all brilliant,…
After re-reading the novel a few weeks ago I decided to watch the film to compare it, see what made it in to the film and see how well they translate the ideas and questions Orwell explored and presented in his book. The only things they got right within this film is the aesthetic and the casting of Winston.
Everything about the film is so surface level and bland I began to wonder if the novel could be successfully adapted…
Superman 3 is proof that Lester mostly adhered to Donner's vision in Superman 2. He's given free reign here and hasn't got a clue what to do, that's solidified in the intro; a 5-minute comedy sequence with about 40 seconds of Clark, it's completely unfunny and serves no purpose, it reaches its climax in a scene where a man is drowning in his car and Superman changes in a photobooth which takes pictures of him changing, a child finds those…
