Really weird and really disjointed. Somehow there's too much happening and nothing going on. It feels like the CliffNotes for some epic, or a shoddy bio-pic, just hitting the major moments, without giving any context. I think Diana Ross & Billy Dee Williams's romance is supposed to be this big deal in the film, but it feels like it happens in an edit. I'm reminded of a lot of those poverty adventure novels of the 17 and 1800s, where our lead…
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Pearl 2022
Mia Goth really goes for it. Sadly, the rest of the movie can't even remotely keep up. I keep watching Ti West movies, and they keep disappointing me. This one is no exception. There are some interesting visuals, for sure. And Goth's performance is turned to 11. She's into Nic Cage levels of "mega-acting."
But the whole thing shakes out to almost two hours of "who gives a rat's ass?" Like, if we're going to see the Origin of Pearl…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
(First Viewing) I'm torn. On the one hand, I'm a HUGE Science Fiction nerd. And I've loved Star Wars (among other universes) since I can remember. On the other hand, Star Wars leans much more into the realms of Fantasy than I tend to enjoy, nostalgic trips have become largely empty and dissatisfying for me lately, and there hasn't been a really good Star Wars movie since 1980. I didn't feel as burned by "The Phantom Menace" as many, but…
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