Im sorry it's kind of impressive how boring the film ends up being with such a promising premise. You spend most of the time waiting for things to develop in an emotionally interesting way or a shift to happen. You wait for the film to "get good" but it never really does: after a first half that introduces the moral dilemma with engaging immersiveness and timidly treads a few interesting ideas without committing to any of them, things remain so…
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12 Angry Men 1957
The scene where everyone gets sick of the racist bigot's ramblings and just silently leaves the table to leave him with his prejudices until he folds in shame. Great stuff.
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Love Letter 1995
for all of its skillful cinematography (extremely good first scene) and elegant sentimentality (it has a really good grasp on the subtle romanticism, understated intimacy of stolen glances, of quiet moments together in a silence drenched with unspoken words) it is ultimately a film about grieving that doesnt show its audience what is there to grieve ABOUT.
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Mickey 17 2025
So gleefully direct, loud and explicit in its themes and messaging, but in a way that is almost always so exhilaratingly over the top or grotesque it never comes off as preachy (for the most part. Kai and Nasha's little 'speeches' were a little too "kids movie spelling out the moral for you"). Such a charmingly weird, zany, fucked up universe. Maybe the best Pattinson performance yet. Mark Ruffalo plays the funniest caricature of a dictator maybe ever (Trump+Mussolini+Musk+I hav…
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