90/100
I’ve obsessed over multiple Koyaanisqatsi sequences and the astonishing Philip Glass soundtrack for many years now. However, it recently dawned on me that the only sequence I haven’t seen from my fragmented viewings is the opening 20 minutes. So, after watching it and being able to technically classify it as “watched,” I can finally state with confidence that this is a masterpiece. I call it this with some funny addendums though - it’s something I won’t watch fully in…
87/100
A kinetic juggernaut of skill and importance, but also packed with oodles of data. So while I continue to digest, here are some superficial points I left with:
- Don’t think I’ve seen such a haunting portrayal of death behind the eyes like Cillian Murphy's. It's sticking with me more than any performance I’ve seen recently - an amazing high-wire act about someone whose life choices are intersecting and exploding at a rate that leaves him powerless and numb.…
Everybody has that film they watch on Christmas Eve religiously (no pun intended). For some it's Home Alone. For others it's Die Hard. But whilst these films are beyond excellent, I always watch The Polar Express. I think I'm in the minority here when I say that The Polar Express is my favourite Christmas film. I find that it encapsulates the feeling and the spirit that exists at this time of year like no other movie. I really connected with…
At a glance, Natural Born Killers has the potential to mislead. What seems like a full-blooded thriller packed with gratuitous brutality is in fact more profound; more intelligent than what its exterior and hateful critics may imply. It's personality is satirical, predominantly lampooning the media for their embracement of serial killers and near veneration of the activities they conduct - all done for the sake of ratings. Oliver Stone is clearly a staunch combatant of such behaviour and as we…
