The "Black Swan" Aronofsky could never make.
Perfect Blue is downright scary because it explores the kind of inner demons we don't want to face. What parts of ourselves need to be sacrificed for success? Our dreams, wishes. It's the kind of demon we have to deal with every day, the spectral image of our past desires, our innocent teenage dreams and the vision of what we wanted to become as adults without being distorted by our shattering reality, and…
Miles Morales is the Best Spider-Man.
Also, this is the Empire Strikes Back of Spider-Man movies
Story-wise, the best coming-of-age ever made.
Spider-Man stories are always about the pains that we, normal people, go through—the pains of growing up, of exploring a new world of possibilities and relationships, several Spider-Man stories use the hero's powers as a metaphor for puberty, growth, and this one is no different. The last time a Spider-Man movie managed to transfer those traits perfectly was…
The Innocents is a masterclass in interpretation and subtextual material, if the film's story wasn't already ambiguous enough, studying the composition of shots makes it even more difficult to give a concrete answer about the events, there is no certainty, only ambiguity. All the surrounding elements are used for building uncertainty, whether it's the Freudian symbolic imagery in the setting through statues, flowers blooming and composition or ambiguous behaviors and dialogues. What is scarier? The apparitions of ghosts in tinted…
The Avengers are for the cool kids. The Guardians of the Galaxy are for the weirdos.
I wish I was special
You're so fuckin' special
But I'm a creep
I'm a weirdo
What the hell am I doin' here?
I don't belong here
Have you ever had that moment of asking yourself "what am I doing here?" or the excruciating depression of the question "why am I not special like them?" or the painful statement "I'm weird, I will never belong", if the answer is yes, this movie is for you.
I think that's exactly what…
