What a fucking weird experience, honestly. Look, I know that only giving a movie 1.5 stars LOOKS really bad, but I honestly didn't... hate... this movie...? Hear me out. It's not creative by ANY means, nor is it in any way original. But I've definitely seen worse, it's just that two stars felt like a lot for this.
It's not like this is even THAT boring, either. Sure, it's petty generic and forgettable, but you're at least not gonna be…
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This is definitely one of Scorsese's darkest films, and it's presented damn near perfectly with Paul Schrader's pessimistic script and a tired, exhausted, and zany performance from Nicolas Cage.
What this whole film does best is make you feel just as tired and exhausted as Frank does. Everything in this movie glows at night, especially the whites of the ambulance and the paramedic uniforms. Story beats move at breakneck pace and make you feel disoriented and confused. There are times…
This is easily my favorite of Truffaut's work. Oh, to be young again...
That's one thing this film does best. It perfectly captures the feeling of being young, for better and for worse. The film reminds you what you felt when you would goof around in class instead of paying attention. It reminds you how you felt when you thought the whole world was going to end just because you failed a test. It reminds you what you felt when…
Oh yeah, you KNOW I went to the gym and lifted the shit outta some weights after this.
Robert Eggers has really been impressing me with what he's been able to come up with thus far. "The Witch" and "The Lighthouse" were both phenomenally unique and horrifying, and are two of the best horror films to have come out in the last few years. And once I saw the trailer for "The Northman," I already just knew it was going…
HELL yeah. Easily one of the best silent films I've seen. And no, I didn't watch this just because I saw "Massive Talent" yesterday. This has been on my watchlist for a while now, and I was finally able to get around to watching it.
So yeah, if you know anything at all about "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," you probably know why it's supposedly so good. The twisted, crooked, painted sets that are present throughout the film give what…
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Not too bad for Brando's only directed film! While obviously not the greatest western ever made, "One-Eyed Jacks" still contains all of the tropes you'd want/expect from the genre. There's a lot to enjoy here with its gunfights, bank robberies, its sweeping shots of the American landscape, and its revenge-centered plot.
While he's no Sergio Leone by any means, Brando still is able to show his many strengths as a filmmaker here. A lot of this film's story is told…
I feel like this ranks among the best of George Lucas' work. Here he does an impeccable job at building an unsettling dystopia that, through atmosphere and set/costume design alone, keeps you invested the whole way through.
Granted, there are some scenes that feel like they go on for too long. (The scene in the big white void feels like 15 minutes longer than it actually is.) But overall, the film keeps you hooked. This isn't supposed to be some…