It's ideas are still relevant 40 years later. It's depiction of a dystopian world feels more like a documentary than a fictional realm (both a positive and negative).
It portrays a fractured state of the oppressed similar to what's happening today.
It's ideas are still relevant 40 years later. It's depiction of a dystopian world feels more like a documentary than a fictional realm (both a positive and negative).
It portrays a fractured state of the oppressed similar to what's happening today.
It's beautifully shot, and some moments do have a punch. But that's about the extent of praise I could give it.
It felt like things just unfurled, details unfolding by themselves that doesn't really give intrigue, and just moved the plot along.
And a lot of the "scares" here doesn't work for me.
One thing that does work is the campiness of Nic Cage. A singing serial killer? Oh if only that was so.
Rewatching it for the nth time and literally not a minute in I was already crying (in my eyes, the epilogue was flashing).
Watching it this time, a lot of the magic that initially had me surrender my eyes to the screen just does not hit as strong anymore. Many stills are undeniably beautiful, yet, I find myself just letting it pass by (compared to before where I would gush).
Viewing it this time, I also saw the weakness in…