Really boring, and not in the way that I like where it's just that nothing is happening, but a vibe is being maintained, but in the way where stuff is happening and that stuff sucks so I don't want to pay attention to it and I wish other stuff was happening instead. Mostly this is the main guy's fault. The character sucks, the performance sucks... the guy sucks!
Still, hell of an opening, and I really dug a lot of…
Phenomenal! Packed to the gills with weirdness and over the top effects without ever sacrificing that precious languid, droning tone I crave. Dunno if it even makes sense with that totally out of left field ending, (not sure I even understood what happened tbh) or if any of these people will ever make another movie, but I would watch every movie in a Hellbox franchise, no questions asked.
Frankly I think it's a miracle this even exists. 3/4" tape from 1980 is probably about as likely to disintegrate into dust and fuck up your deck as to produce a usable image. I'm so glad this was able to be restored and preserved though, because it's beautiful. Full of perfect performances that make every moment feel crystalline and true, even as the format smears and blends those moments together- always reminding us that every image contains its own afterimage.
After a thrilling episode of ABC's Wipeout, this kicks into high gear with Kristen Wiig's best Michelle Pfeiffer impression, and some real gutbuster scenes of Chris Pine being awestruck at stuff that definitely existed in his time, like fireworks and big trains. After about six more hours of at-best tone-deaf/at-worst truly vile geopoliticking including a scene where noted IDF supporter Gal Gadot literally uses a missile to save several arab children, followed by a few of the worst, ugliest fight…
