As far as I can tell there are two things that people say about this movie when they're complaining about it: 1) That it is unoriginal or is just rehashing stuff he's already done to which I say this is so obviously a tonal evolution, his most surreal film (yet?), the existence of a world in which things are ostensibly "normal" only serving to throw the other universe Mahito uncovers into starker contrast; and 2) That it is confusing, to…
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Come and See 1985
After the first 30 or so minutes, basically from when Glasha and Flyora are bombed in the forest, this could be a silent film were it not for the extraordinary sound design... Everything is communicated through facial expression and at a certain point words don't really carry actual meaning to people facing atrocities like these. There's really nothing to say. What makes this movie upsetting are the countless people something like this has happened to, and these stories are always…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
i'm being cynical but what the HELL is the rating on here. (not like i'm surprised, this might be the first example of a movie that has been made to appeal to as many letterboxd users as possible.) this movie is basically a strange combination of in the mouth of madness and one of the early domestic ang lee dramas with the sense of humor of like taika waititi and you can genuinely tell that the russo brothers produced this,…
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May December 2023
Wow. I'm glad I knew very little going into this so I would perhaps suggest not reading this if you haven't seen it yet but you can do whatever you want of course. Just... ten minutes or on whenever the main plot is actually revealed is such a pure "What the hell" moment and I was so excited to see where Haynes and co. were going to take this. Fortunately they take it to some dazzling / uncomfortable / hilarious…
