I have sinned. Prior to watching John Wick: Chapter 4, I was unable to watch the second and third installments in the revered franchise due to time constraints and general laziness. And I can say with utmost conviction that I was absolutely wrong and hate myself with utter contempt.
I am in shambles. John Wick: Chapter 4 is the best action movie since 1999's The Matrix and 2008's Speed Racer. Obviously the overwhelmingly electric action and fight choreography that makes the other installments…
Unfortunately, I will never be able to experience the intendedly shocking plot twists of Prisoners again, but maybe that's a good thing. The primary problem with Prisoners stems from its inability to create meaningful moments of tension and disturbing revelation, where it's too busy trying to be constantly shocking and exhaustively sustaining an omnipresent sense of dread to actually refrain in order to deliver the next big moment with an even bigger punch. It's a film that wants to be as disquieting and unnerving…
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[first intentional dnf]
(incoming hot take)
More like 2001: A Lame (and overly pretentious) Odyssey!!!
Note: this review will be broken up into more distinct "parts" so my thoughts don't feel as random and disconnected
I would like to preface this more-like-a-rant-than-a-review with the fact that I have not watched 2001 in more than 3 months and that this "review" might be inaccurate to my true feelings towards the film (but most likely not). This means that this opinion is more susceptible to…
