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Barbie 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Greta Gerwig, as in her previous films, sets out to make a point in Barbie. And she has no scruples, perhaps to the point of detriment, in doing so, both implicitly and explicitly.
Gerwig recognises and portrays shrewdly the promise and constraint of Barbie. The homage to Kubrick and Space Odyssey is not only satisfying for a lover of the latter, but it also highlights effectively the duality of Barbie: an idol who revolutionised the vision and vibrancy of girls…
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Barry Lyndon 1975
Some of the most beautiful sets I’ve seen yet - despite most scenes being interesting - it does end up feeling exceedingly long. Perhaps the beginning could have been shortened a bit, indeed the love interest never quite came full circle, at least for me. Nevertheless, Kubrick’s attention to detail is as present and impressive as ever
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2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
It is difficult to describe exactly what 2001: A Space Odyssey is about. The film loosely depicts the evolution and adventures of man. First the ‘Dawn of Man is presented- a portrayal of the ape ancestors of humans. When they are presented with a monolithic creature, there change into man is exhibited by the use of a bone as a weapon. The monolith is thus presented from the beginning as a thing of mysterious and extreme intelligence, that augments and…
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