The non-stop fusion of dialogue, styles and (yet again) playing with time is obviously intentionally exhausting and makes the silence of the truly impactful moments even louder. But for someone who rarely favors dialogue driven movies this is for the most part distracting. Oppenheimer is of course very well executed with several brilliant performances and has a couple of the most powerful cinematic moments the last few years, but when 2/3 of a three-hour film feels like endless chatter that…
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The Big Country 1958
Highly relevant western about a country too small for big egos. Taking aim at all of us 65 years later with James McKay being the ultimate antidote to today's SoMe mentality.
And yet I post.
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Toni Erdmann 2016
Easily the most overrated movie of 2016. A structural mess with a one-hour overlong story going nowhere slowly. It is a full-blown drama, although for some reason marketed (and by many perceived) as a comedy. There is no genre like drama, but expectations matter.
Really struggling to understand how people found this hilarious. Perhaps there is a growing demand for wigs and false teeth schticks.