I'm so out of practice at watching big-budget movies ($200 million for this one), so I usually enjoy the spectacle, but sweet jesus this is a stale piece of shit.
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Princess Mononoke 1997
I like the sex-positive ending of this movie.
"I still blame humans for f'ing up everything."
"Right. I get it. I'm gonna help rebuild this city, stay close, come see you from time to time, if you know what I mean."
"Cool. I'll be around. Let's ride, wolves."
"Cool."
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Support the Girls 2018
I worked a dozen shit retail jobs in my teens and 20s, and more than two decades later I still notice every "How Hiring" sign in every store and restaurant I enter. It's impossible to shake off that training -- of looking for the next, slightly better opportunity. I'm glad to have that in me, and I'm also glad I was eventually able to leave behind that hustle, because managers like Lisa are the hardest working people I've ever known.…
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? 1970
Fassbinder uses the same trick over and over again throughout this film. A sequence begins in closeup or in a two shot. There's a conversation. And then, gradually, the camera pulls back to reveal one or two other people who serve as an audience. It's their presence that generates the tension, the awkwardness, the anxiety. This is Fassbinder's FACES -- a story told in reaction shots.
