living for the nuance!!
I was initially unsure about The Social Network. David Fincher is without a doubt one of my favourite favourite directors of all time, but I found his non-thriller films, such as Benjamin Button, kind of boring so I didn’t want The Social Network to turn out to be the same. I was wrong and I had a great time!!
the opening scene. oh my god. there was so much mixed into it already— the overlapping dialogue,…
In Time attempts to show a harrowing, dismal dystopian society, but wraps up before confronting its larger issues. a nice watch, but hardly a groundbreaking nor life-changing flick.
this review will largely be comparing In Time and Gattaca, so skip to the next section if you haven’t seen Gattaca yet.
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I found many elements reminiscent of Niccol’s better-known work, Gattaca. the imposing, faceless buildings, the focus on wealth and inequality and the scene where Will and Sylvia go for…
