Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Three weeks later, and barely any of the film stuck with me. Maybe these self-referential jokes and fourth wall breaking just don’t hit the same. Fun film to watch in the moment, but sure as shit ain’t worth a rewatch. Hey, it made money though!
Honestly loved Part 2 a bit more than Part 1, if only because while in part 1, worldbuilding and introducing the main players took center stage, part 2 actually allowed the characters to breathe and LIVE in that world Denis Villeneuve and his team so painstakingly and lovingly built.
God I hope we get the chance to see his vision for Dune Messiah.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I went into this movie pretty blind. I think I had originally added this film to my watchlist because of its solarpunk aesthetic, but I came out of it with such a deeper appreciation for the film itself. Taking place in a near-future after a war between the United States and China that results in an influx of Chinese orphans, parents Jake and Kyra adopt one such orphan, Mika. In order to help connect Mika with her Chinese heritage, they…