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They Came Together 2014
Like watching a feature-length version of an opening Oscars sketch. The Halloween party scene is great though.
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Spartan 2004
No other film like it. The tip of the spear, finally realizing it should think for itself. A study in sacrificing one's home, allegiance, and reputation, all in the name of bringing the girl home. One of the sneaky post-9/11 masterpieces that warns of "going to the desert." a place where you can't hear a sound or see your reflection. It's urgency is radical.
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Spring Breakers 2012
In this postmodern acid wash nightmare called 21st century America, some of us no longer have the ability to register rock bottom. We just spiral deeper into the neon abyss, documenting our own demise by way of pop culture and ego and delusion. Complex emotion is meaningless. The momentum of deceit is unstoppable. Those contemplating the limits of excess are either delusional or weak, unnecessary, disposable. As a result, the Culture teaches us to be cold, unfeeling, and obsessive to the pursuit of nothing else but those boobies y'all. We are what we lust after, and we are lusting after self-destruction. Mission Accomplished.
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Zero Dark Thirty 2012
Maya is America: spun into motion by 9/11, driven to rectify these audible/visual nightmares by any means necessary, and through relentless dedication, study, and action is re-born as an unapologetic creator of more trauma. ZD30 proves that dire human consequences reside in the successes of brutal human procedures. The Bin Laden raid is not only a technical marvel, but a subtly explosive, real-time realization/distillation of this idea.
