I liked this better than part one. The action sequences are propulsive and its first half engaging. I think my issues with both films are the flaws from the original source material. Paul as a chosen one(by some great prophecy) has very little inner conflict or struggle. There are rarely any moments that put his greatness into actual question. After a certain point, I also realized I don’t care much for any of these characters, except for Zendaya’s. She imbues a…
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Untamed Mistress 1956
Exploitation melodrama mixed with African travelogue footage…not pretty but campy for how self-serious it plays. Obviously some producer obtained fairly typical African documentary footage(in vogue of that era) and shot a jungle film around it. Stiff regional acting, dubious National Geographic nudity, and the terrible gorilla suits certainly made me laugh. The boy howdy attitude & obviously cheaper than cheap production values were charming enough for me.
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Hereditary 2018
Okay A24--we're done. No more of these half-realized genre pics, technical exercise, calling cards. May Under The Skin remain the only great film you've released(okay and Spring Breakers).
So what's wrong with Hereditary? It's cynical but not so obviously at first. The first half begins with quite an unexpected plot point and builds upon it with an eerie, grief felt, and almost at the edge of tears/laughter kind of atmosphere. It is refreshing that the film doesn't cheaply go for…
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The Green Knight 2021
A24’s The 10th Kingdom
Lacks any sense of emotional element with any of its human or non-human characters. Just an ornate, auto-masterbatorial collage of “one-perfect shots”, polished and scrubbed of any texture or grit. It’s modern assumptions on the reality of the glories of medieval legends is obvious. Really slacking in the pacing department and then when we finally get to the typical fantasy/anthology film set-pieces, they lack any real sense of wonder. Never weird or sexy or provocative or thrilling. Bog standard choir score and all the forced & whispery performances one could take.
Just watch Conquest. You’ve been meaning to anyway.