It is difficult to rate a film like this. It isn’t “good” but it is enamoring and joyful as can be watched.
The monster is spectacular in both an ironic and sincere sense. Terrible in both applications of the word.
This is yet another film from what has proven, dare I say, by far to be the best and most diverse list on Letterboxd-
Dr. Hugh Manon’s Uberque
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Brando is as big as his material. When it's basic, his performance reads that way too. What makes him standout in his 50's era roles is the contrast to other actors "playing" their parts while he embodies his.
This is how you witness the revolution that was Brando. That said, his voice overs are notably weak in films like The Men and The Wild Ones. His face was a much needed component to these roles. If we were judging him…
This is so often cited by neo-Nazis as their Gone With The Wind. It's terrible. Just every anti-Jewish fabrication you've heard before that is easily checked with basic fact checks.
Do Rothschilds own Reuters? No. There goes 5 minutes there.
Was Karl Marx religiously Jewish? No. There goes 20 minutes.
Was Hess exceptional in his ethno-nationalism? No. Gone 7 minutes.
Ad infinitum.
There seems to be this tactic to avoid/cancel/deplatform people who talk about this stuff.
It's a mistake and…
Japanese culture is spectacular in its inventiveness, expression and values. Its cultural exports maybe my overall favorite expression of collective identity.
Hara Kiri feels like The Godfather of Japan, a product that can only come from where it comes from and perfectly captures the range of possibilities and horrors unique to its culture.
Epic.
