I'm first of all so impressed by the sheer craft on display here. This is just as well made as the first and it feels honestly on the same level, with a slightly expanded scope, and it's miraculous that something like this got made with this big a budget and is going to do this well and was made so lovingly. It is really an epic experience that you have to see on a huge screen, and I saw it…
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Drive-Away Dolls 2024
Easily the weakest movie made by either of the Coen brothers that I've seen. I was so excited for this what with the stacked cast, Ethan in the director's chair and the premise that seems perfectly set up for a good time. And it feels like it is trying so hard to be that good time but I couldn't shake the feeling that it is written, shot, and edited like a student film. I'm all for wacky editing transitions, but…
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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019
scavenger hunt 52
task 15: a film you think would be PERFECT to see at a drive-in theater.
"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" is definitely a Quentin Tarantino picture, and it doesn't let you forget it by the end. Be that as it may, it's safe to call it the most un-Tarantino-esque work in his eclectic filmography. It's stylized, but there aren't whip zooms. It's violent, but easily his least violent film. The film is not driven by character…
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Joker 2019
On second thought...
First two thirds: almost a slog, derivative, predictable, by the numbers, gorgeous score, nice cinematography, great Joaquin Phoenix
Last act: pretty gripping, great musical choices, operatic, grandiose, extravagant, ballsy, great Joaquin Phoenix
"Joker" is good, not great