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1) This movie fucking rules 2) Pennywise is the best villain of the year so far, case closed.
It is a nostalgic, child-filled horror movie. Other than the MCU, those are three of my least favorite kinds of movies. And yet, I had a blast with the only Stephen King adaptation of 2017. The ONLY one.
Like I said, I am a self-admitted hater of child actors, so when I say this crew is…
Much more of a slow burn than I expected (and I expected a slow burn) which is alright considering how excellent the first 40 and last 20 minutes were.
David Lowery: please never stop making making cool shit. The movies!!
Welcome to Part 2 of "2017 Movies Where I Didn't Expect To Cry, But Did", an unexpected review series which looks at films I totally cried during because I guess that's just the person I am now.
I know some people are looking down on this as Spielberg's little liberal passion project before he gets back into the blockbuster fare with Ready Player One. That is what I would like to call a bad take.
I'm glad I waited to properly review until after my second watch, because my thoughts on this have changed and developed.
First things first. The Rise of Skywalker is:
1) A bad movie.
2) A bad Star Wars movie.
Ever since I saw it on Thursday, my mind has gone to 2 places in trying to contextualize what went wrong here: Watchmen and The Dark Knight Rises (PS stop putting 'Rise/Rises' in your movie titles, Hollywood. It's bad juju).
This movie kind of destoyed me in the first 30-45 minutes. A lot of IRL stuff is happening that this movie addressed with an emotional gut punch. I would have full on sobbed soooo many times if I was in an empty theater.
The movie sort of becomes Disney-by-numbers in the story department, but the hundred acre wood gang makes up for it by being their wonderful, wholesome selves.
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