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Freddy Got Fingered 2001
I sincerely believe this to be one of the most innovative comedies ever made, and one of the most innovative films of the 2000's overall. Though FGF effectively exists as a $14 million dollar prank at 20th Century Fox's expense, you can trace the lineage of the Tim and Eric school of casual (or extreme) surrealist comedy right to this cheese-sandwich stuffed, horse cock filled work of dadaist genius.
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Safety Not Guaranteed 2012
I wanted to like this movie so badly. I really did. It was an interesting time travel premise, and it starred Aubrey Plaza. I did't know how this could go wrong.
Safety not guaranteed is too self-aware of its own precociousness --it is a syndrome endemic of all those filmmakers who were inspired by Wes Anderson (and rightfully so), but miss the crucial element that separates Anderson fro his imitators: the raw heart at the core of these movies, one…
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Badlands 1973
The best crime thriller ever made. If we seek to evaluate Malick's films on the basis and confines of cinema, this is his best film--- The Tree of Life and The Thin Red Line may both arguably be more profound and innovative, but in terms of pure narrative filmmaking genius, Badlands tells a simple story, and then makes it complex by using its characters and visual presentation to explore the countless layers that drive its two central actors to do…
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Looper 2012
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.