I quite liked that the climax of the film was centered around them agreeing to try to date. It gave a nice gravitas to a smaller romantic decision that was nice to see in a big movie. But then the writer just had to go "and then they got married and then they had kids and then their kids' kids had kids" mode. It's like, come on dude, just show them on a nice date, with a feeling that things could work out. Ain't that enough sometimes?
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Mona Lisa 1986
The characters in this film act unpredictably and that is doubly true for Bob Hoskins’s George. Towards the end of the film George shoots any and all growth he’s made in the foot, unveiling the sadness laying beneath his actions. And while it’s frustrating to watch, and near impossible to support, it’s easy to understand. There’s something so utterly human about needing to be wanted and wanting to be needed, and the way we collapse into ourselves when we realize we are neither. At least not anymore. At times a romp, other times genuinely unnerving and incredibly dark, this was a fantastic surprise.
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The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
One of the best breakup movies in recent memory. Also one of the most brutal. Unrelenting in its portrayal of our desperation in the face of abandonment. We’ll mutilate ourselves beyond recognition if it means having things our way, leaving us with nothing but a pathetic “I told you so”. But who even is “I” at that point? Who is “you”?
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 2022
Damn good. Every character that comes on screen is distinct and memorable. The cricket is the best running gag I’ve seen in a movie in a long time. So expressive from start to finish that it makes me question what Hollywood is even doing otherwise and how this even got made within that brain dead system.
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