Many ideas from Bong's prior movies crawl out from the creator's mind cave and stuff themselves into the narrative space here. The closest point of reference is unfortunately OKJA, which proudly depicts its misanthropy and Luddism with such incoherence and freewheeling spirit that I can only view the Big Themes as just a distraction from the competent genre film that’s happening underneath all those creepers (or in that case, super pigs). Similarly for MICKEY 17, the interactions between M. 17…
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The Goonies 1985
Foreclosures on the Goon Docks and Sloth’s abuse suggest Spielberg’s pen. And in broad strokes, THE GOONIES has an adventurous, spelunking spirit reminiscent of Tom Sawyer, but it’s riddled with terrible pre-adolescent humor that washes away the underlying emotional currents.
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Rhapsody in Blue 1999
I never log shorts, but this tour de force (and the most underrated film of the Renaissance Era Disney catalog) changed my DNA. The "Rhapsody in Blue" segment of Fantasia 2000 is on a level of its own, with a uniquely fluid 2D animation style and color palette that masterfully depicts the simultaneous hustle and bustle of New York City and the melancholic atmosphere hanging over the Great Depression. By telling the tale of four lost souls with distinctive backgrounds…
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A Woman Is a Woman 1961
And sometimes you just fall in love... I don't know if this is a comedy or a tragedy, but it's a masterpiece.
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