Shadow of the Vampire has a promising conceit behind its creation (what if Max Shreck was actually a vampire) but the film utterly fails to live up to the premise through a lackluster script and strange directing choices.
The post-modern meta angle of a film exploring a nightmare coming to life for its characters, being about a nightmarish vampire reined in by director F.W. Murnau to star in his film, sounds compelling in a satirical glimpse of a film's construction…
"We too want a world where we can trust one another"
"The best way to thank them is to create a better world"
Mothra vs Godzilla is steeped in a valuation of the natural world vs human technological progress, of an ecological disaster movie where the faults of humanity are once again put in the spotlight - where Mothra attains a Gaia-esque as a beacon of the purity of the natural world that is insulated from mankind's corrosive potential, whereas…
I wish I lived in a world where people weren't so ashamed of sincerity and pathos, that filmmakers have to compensate with a billion jokes to avoid genuine feelings from being depicted genuinely.
Deadpool and Wolverine is almost willing to shun its meaningful construction of emotional melodrama (which is the only reason the film achieves any lasting resonance as a story) in favour of easy cop out jokes, to avoid having to engage with the reality of the human emotions…
George Lucas' Star Wars is full of sincerity and compassion - this is the first time I've ever seen The Phantom Menace in a cinema and his emphasis on symbiosis and the espousal of removing duality, of two that are one - emphasising the purpose of lifeforms in the galaxy that are otherwise shunned or looked down upon and focusing on their humanity - all of this becomes so much more salient and rousing seeing it told on a big…
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