Goddamn engineers.
It's ok, I can say that. I am married to one.
Funny that Harrison Ford's character so badly wanted to leave America when he exemplifies so much of the racism, exceptionalism, and arrogance that defines the American experience.
Ford plays an engineer that thinks he has it all figured out. He hates what America has become. He hates that we have fast food, welfare, TVs, etc. He hates that people don't think for themselves. He hates the woke…
Mickey Rourke in what has to be one of the worst wigs in cinema history plays one of the worst cops in cinema history. Worst in that he contains all the hyper masculine, toxic, racist, power trip, above-the-law qualities that are present in the institution of policing, amplified to eleven. Also worst in that he seems to just be plain terrible at his job. And the movie absolutely holds him up as a hero.
Rourke's character is of Polish decent.…
I know this will not be a popular opinion, but I did not like this film.
I found it a crushingly ponderous existential meditation.
The film's plot is about a man who is a "stalker". This means that he is a bit of a tour guide to a location or realm called "the zone". The Zone is explained in the film, but only vaugely. We know it is supposed to be a place where wishes come true. The stalker is…
Oppressive.
Take every bad review that you have ever read about a Wes Anderson film and apply it to this movie. This is quirk for quirks sake.
A lot has been said about the great soundtrack. I agree, the music on the soundtrack is fantastic. I also feel the same thing about the soundtrack from the film DAZED AND CONFUSED. And I also feel that both soundtracks are obvious and overwhelming.
This movie drowns in its mise-en-scène. It has a…
