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Prometheus 2012
by Jericho Slim 18 Jun, 2012 6 9 Observations after watching Prometheus way too many times. (Or the random, unorganized, overlapping ramblings of a fool)
1. Prometheus is first and foremost a horror genre movie, from it's first frame to its last. I cannot stress this enough. It touches big themes and universal questions, but it is a genre exercise through and through. And the primary genre is horror, not hard sci-fi. The first scene is prologue that establishes how strong and imposing the evil is. Not…
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No 2012
Watched by Corey Pierce 15 Mar, 2013 It's lunacy that this did not beat Amour.
NO is about the advertising committee behind the "NO" side of a referendum determining Pinochet's grip on power in Chile. In a year with Lincoln and Argo this fits right in and is probably better than both of them, involving both the importance of entertainment in politics as well as the groundwork to get an underdog campaign working. Bernal is fantastic in this film and it may be the best film I've…
