Jurassic World is an exciting and entertaining modern sci-fi action-adventure blockbuster with even more spectacle and stupidity than the previous Jurassic Park sequels! It's a cynical movie with not much new to offer in terms of themes, except doubling down on stupid character decisions motivated by profit. The movie seems to be aware about this, though, and I would say it's accurate with what the regular modern audience wants from a movie like this, namely dinosaurs eating people (because people…
Eternals is now one of my favorite MCU movies, as it feels more meaningful to me than pretty much the rest of the franchise. There are flaws with the execution of its ideas, the tonal inconsistensies make it feel a little messy, and not all the characters are as likable as they probably should be, but the thought-provoking themes, amazing worldbuilding and beautiful moments of humanity make up for those issues for me!
The movie takes up big ideas like…
"Dune" is equally as fantastic on second viewing, with me having most of the same thoughts as I did on the first viewing. I caught more of the plot, structure and character arcs this time, and noticed some similarities with Fellowship of the Ring in that it's mostly set up and they have similar character arcs. I can't say more about that without going into spoilers, though, which I don't intend to do now.
This movie has an epic scale…
