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Don't Look Up 2021
Once again, Adam McKay makes something that I know a lot of people will like but just doesn't land for me. There are a few solid performances that carry a lot of the film. Leo is once again showing to be a better comedic actor than dramatic, Jonah Hill is pretty funny as I feel like he usually is, and Mark Rylance is probably the best of the lot, really just standing out as nailing his character. Jennifer Lawrence feels…
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Those Who Wish Me Dead 2021
Seems like Sheridan fancies those S Craig Zahler films because the bad guys in this movie are poorly executed versions of what Zahler has been doing. Sheridan clearly just doesn't write characters that way so they stick out as super lame.
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Cherry 2021
I don't mind the crazyily inconsistent tone, I can accept the confused performances, I can tolerate the poorly done novel structure, and I can even go as far as to say I like a lot of the visuals, even if half of those choices fail.
I cannot say those things make up for just how all over the place the goals of the movie are, the portrayal of drugs, and the lack of any filmic grammar. This weirdly reminds me a lot of Southland Tales and kind of makes that film seem incredibly cohesive. What a strange movie.
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