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Hundreds of Beavers 2022
This movie created its own style and then took it to levels I did not think it could go. I felt so immersed in the rules and cartoon logic it established and built off of over it’s surprisingly merited 108 minutes. Just an extraordinary creative feat. No point in watching anything else until you’ve seen this, so if it’s in your city grab a log and roll over to your local theater on it.
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The ABCs of Book Banning 2023
This puts up the most one-dimensional argument for an important issue that deserves a deeper look.
“See this book? Banned. This one? Banned. It makes no sense! How?!?”
The point of the movie is that the issue is just a no-brainer. I don’t think any issue, as easy as it maybe should be to agree with, should be treated that way. Because it engages with no nuance, and provides no counter-arguments, the audience has a very weak foundation to agree…
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Saltburn 2023
Disappointing that it leaves the audience with absolutely nothing interesting to chew on. All the intrigue over the main character is reduced to an easy answer. The only discernible takeaway you could have from this is that wealth and beauty is something people really want and are drawn to. That's it.
It's crazy that a movie about class and the ultra-wealthy made in 2023 has so little to say. Maybe the movie wasn't trying to say anything and it just wanted to be a romp. That being said it's a pretty fun romp.
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May December 2023
This movie explores the deepest, most unspoken layers in each of its characters. Pitting the stories they tell themselves about who they are against an elusive truth, observing how they break down when confronted with just the suggestion of a reality that breaks their narrative.
I love filmmaking that allows the actors to tell a different story than the dialogue. May December puts you on your toes, watching every move of these characters, and the actors feed the shit out…