An increased exposure to him recently has made me realize that Hoult just doesn’t do it for me.
He’s fine, but he lacks that extra thing (ex. Messina’s general sliminess, Collette’s face, Simmons’ voice) that would make him a more interesting person to watch.
Anyway, the movie is good! I love a good moral quandary, and it’s nice to see Clint try again, he even used a real baby this time! I hope he directs the next film in the Ant-Man franchise.
Pretty good! Despite being a carbon copy of the graphic novel (as it should be tbh, don’t mess with perfection) there’s a handful of really cool choices made that really make the story come alive visually.
Maybe the key ingredient to making a great movie is just to let Jason Clarke interrogate people with an escalating amount of intensity.
Ah, the dreaded Sophomore Slump.
Cooper understandably is feeling himself after A Star is Born, one of the finest debuts of recent memory. That movie, blueprint be damned had the energy and ingenuity of someone who’d been working to that point for their entire lives.
Maestro finds him in both Prestige Director AND Cool Shot mode, which are very dangerous places to be, especially when you’re thrust into the former so quickly.
The images he and Matthew Libatique compose are…
Hundreds if not thousands of dorks that were under the age of 16 (myself included) when The Dark Knight came out are vindicated in their obsession.
Incredible movie, Ludwig Göransson is a god among men.
So you’re telling me we can get a funny stand up special in the year 2-0-2-3 that doesn’t have 30 minutes set aside for some middle aged dork to whine about cancel culture and how it’s facism (?) that people don’t laugh at their tired & lazy jokes.
Crazy.
I’m glad that Drug John didn’t kill Normal John. But I do wish we got some clarity on… The Timeline.
Just lovely. Can’t wait to get to Dublin for the next tour.
This was literally everything I needed it to be.
I concede it's cliched, and not directed with any particular flair or POV, but sometimes you're just looking for a vibe.
The vibe being: spooky, winter-set, with cool costumes and some gorgeous practical filmmaking. I love movies where you can feel the cold. This was no exception.
And it has to be said again: Harry Melling! What an out-of-nowhere cool career from being an HP bit player.
A rare DNF. Not because I didn’t like it, but because I’m an idiot and can’t focus when the Yankees could theoretically made a trade or free agent signing at any minute.
Will definitely revisit this in the future. This was so so so impressive and clever.
Juan Soto I miss you so much 💔
Easily the neatest trick this movie pulls off is not drawing attention to the many many seemingly throwaway lines and moments that make it all come together in the end.
I need Wake Up Dead Man yesterday.