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★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Jan 2025
Context for my viewing experience for this. Los Angeles is currently experiencing high dangerous winds that are tearing down trees and causing power outages, they’re also fueling multiple wildfires that are destroying many beachfront cities in the area. Currently one near my house has been contained and hopefully it stays that way. Last night I attempted to see this at the Americana AMC in Glendale far away from any of the fires. At the start of the opening credits the…
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★★★★ Rewatched 28 Dec 2024
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
It took me a while but I think I finally get what Eggers was going for with his take on Nosferatu. Bram Stoker’s original novel is so popular and been adapted to film so many times that the tropes and themes are played out. Different versions pick which elements to focus on and usually make a film about that singular element. Coppola’s Dracula was about the tragic romance and sexuality present in the story. Perhaps the most faithful and also…
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*sigh* look you can call me one of those toxic fans this movie wanted to make fun of all you want, but forgive me for watching a movie where the main character has hallucinations of her misogynist, rapist, serial killer father giving her support and encouragement to “fight back”, and thinking that movie doesn’t quite get Scream.
Scream 4 brought the franchise back in a much more interesting, clever, funny, and scary way. This was just rough. I could probably say a lot more but I just feel drained.
No Wes, no Williamson, no charm.
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If the Muppets aren’t real then how do they make them ride bikes? Answer that question, atheists.
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