I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a movie rely so much on news footage to tell its story. Snyder uses it for exposition, literally explaining the story as it happens and providing commentary so the audience gets what he's going for.
This movie is so dumb. I love it.
If the Snyder Cut isn’t this dopey and nonsensical, I will be very disappointed.
Zack Snyder didn’t fail, he just flew too close to the sun.
This rating isn’t as sarcastic as you think it is. I fucking love this movie.
Ultimate Edition, obviously.
I am that Harry Potter fan that unabashedly adores (most of) The Crimes of Grindelwald and The Cursed Child. It’s just me. A true party of one.
Every single minute Dumbledore’s on screen is magical here. Jude Law perfectly inhabits the character, bringing in some Harris, Gambon and book Dumbledore into his depiction of the character. He’s always been my favorite HP character, and this series has been time well spent with him so far.
On the opposite side of…
License To Thrill: James Bond Rewatch Part 2
Quantum gets a bad rap for some reason. Not sure why. It’s obviously the weakest of the 4, but is it bad? I don’t think so. Except the song. That is very bad. Will concede that one for sure. On top of the odd movies in this series being better, they also have way better theme songs. Huh. Go figure.
Picking up minutes after the last one ended is a fun little…
Let’s just say it’s no coincidence that the people who say this “isn’t Star Wars” have awful opinions of what Star Wars is supposed to be.
Where The Force Awakens excels in delivering the greatest hits, The Last Jedi is an album of new stuff, retaining classic story elements while showing the maturity that the 8th movie in a series should have. Addressing the war in Star Wars being one of the most controversial, along with the audaciousness of showing that…
A severed head slowly turning in the water.
This should have made nine billion dollars.
Rad as hell. I still wish we got more answers from Prometheus, but whatever. If I can't have that, I'll happily take Ridley going fucking berserk instead.
This is very much in the vein of Tinker Tailor which is of course why I like it so much.
Also because Roth goes full Roth and gives De Niro a lot to work with, and his direction more than lives up to the task.
It’s a little slow, sure, but once I get into the movie’s rhythm I want to stay there.
Spies? London? The Cold War? A long runtime? A cold, calculating lead character? An Eric Roth script? JOE PESCI?
Hell yeah.
Haven’t seen this in years and years, so I’m pretty happy that it holds up as well as it does. I’m probably alone in that opinion but oh well. Give it a go if you haven’t seen it. You might be surprised!
License to Thrill: James Bond Rewatch Part 4
It ain’t perfect, but it’s mine.
I really get why people are so bleh on this, but I guess I love Spectre for all the reasons most people don’t. This series is a weak spot for me.
I just love the atmosphere that comes with a spy movie. I love the shadows, I love the spectacle, I love the cool clothes and cars. Spectre falls short in the story department, sure, but…
Prometheus is one of the true masterworks of practical and computer generated effects. 10 years on, it looks as good as anything that’s come after it.
I still stand by this as one of the great films in the history of science fiction. It’s really up there with Alien.