Letterboxd — Your life in film

I had forgotten most of this movie and mixed it up with Stir of Echoes in my memories.  It’s fine.  Moments of this are good, but it’s a little slow in parts.  Not a favorite of Cronenberg’s but far from a bad film.

Seeing this compared to Who Framed Roger Rabbit is somewhat of a slap in the face to the brilliance of that film, but that’s not to say there isn’t good things in this.  This film heavily reminded me of The Happytime Murders.  Some good jokes here and there, but a pretty average story and forgettable villain.  I feel like this is overhyped and overpraised, but it’s not a bad film.  Mostly forgettable with a few jokes that land.

It also didn’t help that it took me about 5 watches to get through this since I kept falling asleep.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I wouldn’t say I enjoyed this film, but what it does really well is depicts 7th grade life pretty well.  It’s brutal, honest, and darkly funny.

The Fugitive is one of the best cat-and-mouse thrillers of the 90s.  Both lead performances are great, but Tommy Lee Jones shines as US Marshall Gerard.  The first 30-45 minutes of this film is so fun and thrilling, but it does begin to lose steam in the 3rd quarter before bringing it home with a great finale.  

Extremely entertaining!

I love the cinematography and the visuals.  I was surprised by how far they went with the horror elements.  I didn’t really care for the story though.  Having not seen either Wandavision nor the first Doctor Strange, there were things that weren’t explained very well for a person new to the Doctor Strange saga..

There are few movies that you can truly describe as magical.  This is one of them.  My only gripe has to do with all of the changes that have been made over the last 20 years.  Mind you, I’m talking about the post Special Edition changes (2004-today).  So many dumb edits and choices have been implemented that it almost ruins the experience anytime I revisit this.  Regardless, this movie is engrained in me.  I may not be the biggest Star Wars fan as a whole, but this film is truly special and is easily my favorite of the series.

Fun movie, awful title.

About what you’d expect from a racing film based on true events.  That’s not a negative by the way.  It tells the story well and has great performances.  Good cinematography and it’s well edited.  It’s also just pretty standard for a biopic.  It doesn’t do anything overly unique in its storytelling or filmmaking. It just tells it’s story well and presents it well.  It doesn’t try to be anything more or anything less than it needs to be.