I feel so bad for not loving this, but I think I'm a victim of too many expectations. Not only did I have high expectations, but I also thought it was going to be just a pure night of dancing and fun, and there ended up being way more conflict than I thought there would be. I was also not all that invested in the characters, I wasn't sure for a bit who the main characters were supposed to be,…
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Edge of Tomorrow 2014
Scavenger hunt 68 || task 2 || watch a time loop movie
22/30Not much to say about this, it's pretty much exactly what I expected. Nothing mind-blowing, a lot of action movie cliches, but still pretty cool. I will say, it's really hard to buy Tom Cruise as an officer too cowardly to actually fight. I also happen to have rated all three time loop movies I've seen ("Palm Springs" and "Groundhog Day" in addition to this) a 3.5/5. And that's just about all I have to say about that.
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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019
scavenger hunt 52
task 15: a film you think would be PERFECT to see at a drive-in theater.
"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" is definitely a Quentin Tarantino picture, and it doesn't let you forget it by the end. Be that as it may, it's safe to call it the most un-Tarantino-esque work in his eclectic filmography. It's stylized, but there aren't whip zooms. It's violent, but easily his least violent film. The film is not driven by character…
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Joker 2019
On second thought...
First two thirds: almost a slog, derivative, predictable, by the numbers, gorgeous score, nice cinematography, great Joaquin Phoenix
Last act: pretty gripping, great musical choices, operatic, grandiose, extravagant, ballsy, great Joaquin Phoenix
"Joker" is good, not great
