An amazing achievement, and a near-perfect study of how to revisit a franchise. While it does abandon most of the raw, messy chaos that ran through the backbone of the original film and served to insidiously endear us stronger with every passing year, 2049's leaner, more clinical approach is perfectly suited to set narrative parameters on the intensely large plane of ideas in which this universe is unfolding. In this way, it not only keeps the most important values of…
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mother! 2017
Devoid of nuance, and in an ironic twist, shockingly predictable in its quest for subversion. Plays less like a challenging exploration of man's historical and existential burden, and more like the product of a passionate film school freshman who happens to also be taking elective 101 courses in women's studies, theology, and environmental science this semester.