It's been a big year for me and Mr. Mann. I don't have an actual review logged for this for my first viewing 3 years ago, but on my private spreadsheet I had it slated as a "half-baked romance" because I was a fucking idiot. This is a (n extremely hard) film about duty and respect between two opposite sides of the law, but most importantly it's just a really fucking cool movie about bad people. This movie is nearly…
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Twelve Monkeys 1995
Showcasing Gilliam’s influences, including Metropolis, Vertigo (literally on the screen), Dr. Strangelove, La Jetée (the core inspiration for the story), and even his own work Brazil, Twelve Monkeys is a brilliant, haunting, pitch black look at society’s amazing ability to mistreat the “mentally divergent” and the tendency toward totalitarianism. Terrifying.
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Jurassic World Dominion 2022
So many line reads that I couldn’t believe were the take they went with. Worse than I expected, and my expectations were pretty low for the cash grab 5th sequel to the only good movie in the series…
Ian Malcolm says “Jurassic World, huh? Not a fan” and I couldn’t help but agree.
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Happy Together 1997
March Around the World 2019 | Nation #1: Hong Kong
It's not an aspirational story (as my friend Joe said), but it is a beautiful story about two men in an often ugly and venomous relationship. If you interpret Lai as an unreliable narrator (which makes it a bit more interesting), there's a really interesting dynamic between Lai and Ho in which they're both just really lonely (and they probably were even before they left HK for Argentina...) and it…
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I Vitelloni 1953
"Your friends disappoint me. He who cares not for art, cares not for life. Is the beach that way? Excellent!"
I hated most of the characters, but boy did I relate to the feelings of being trapped in a fleeting youth in a sleepy little town... My first Fellini. I'm so pleased with the Criterion Channel. Really.
