Letterboxd — Your life in film

Turns out they let Sam Raimi “do his thing” because it was the only way to hide what a botch job this script was.

Still great.

Midsommars still better.

Aaaaaargh… really flirts with being a capital G Great movie but just kind of fumbles the ball.

Kauffman’s interest in a fantasy that develops agency is so well done at first that the somewhat predictable swerve into male misanthropy feels disappointing. Loved about half of the intersexuality but it got a bit cute towards the end.

Strong recommendation for a very flawed little movie.

So the whole plot is literally about killers who are mad about Rian Johnson and yet Billy Loomis be pulling a Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker.

Were the Matrix sequels misunderstood masterpieces or just bad?

Yes.

When Reloaded slaps it slaps harder than the first Matrix. I actually think the action scenes feel more distinct and thrilling than the first one and the big twist is way more radical than anything in part 1.

It’s a shame that the pacing is virtually non-existent, the one galaxy brain idea is surrounded by stuff that’s either poorly explored or doesn’t make sense and I can’t stress enough how much I hate Zion.

Still between this and the Star Wars prequels, how wild we’re early 2000s blockbusters?

Ultimately a very fun but not particularly wild action blockbuster. Never bought that it’s depiction of simulated reality was as subversive as people claim but the action holds up.

This is consistently charming, unpretentious fun. Best Marvel series bar wandavision and a better Black Widow tribute than her own goddamn movie.

A lot to love. A lot to not love quite as much.

But the true MVP as always is Dafoe. The man turned up and then some.