LA based movie fanatic. I work in TV post-production. I/3 hosts of The Weekly Podcast Massacre, available wherever you pod
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The World Is Not Enough 1999
There's things done in this film that challenge Bond and his character in a way that I should love. It's also the first time in a while that they've really tried to do something different with the villains, and the great Robert Carlyle brings an interesting physicality and vulnerability to the role. It's rare that they try to make a big bad in these movies sympathetic at points, and they really try to make you buy the romance between him…
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Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
Goldeneye is not a serious movie, but it is definitely 300% less bananas than Tomorrow
Never Dies. Where Brosnan’s first outing was attempting a slightly more grounded tone with its vague commentary on the nature of Bond and the duplicitousness of the agency he represents, this immediately jumps the rails and does it’s damndest to emulate a Roger Moore movie at its silliest.Jonathan Pryce’s Carver fits right in with the likes of Drax and Zorin, a megalomaniac brilliantly…
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Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
Bro they don’t even know about the balance or the way of water, bro. Baby girl I’m just trying to protect my unit. You’re my baby girl.
I probably got myself too hyped up for this and this is with the caveat that I did not see this in 3D or HFR. I saw it at a work event where my office took us to a 2D screening in a theater with a probably less than optimal projector and a…
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M3GAN 2022
A lot of this works because M3GAN as a character never ceased to be funny or unsettling to look at or see move. The crowd I saw this with had at least ten people laughing at any given shot of her, which added a good sense of fun to the entire thing. Aside from her just working as an entertaining thing to see and hear, the movie is just well-written and well performed where it all counts. I cared about…
