I've had an interest in this piece of WWI for a while. It goes back to watching a documentary short about the mountain range the battles were fought on and how some of the relics of how they got up there and moved around were still visible today. Didn't know there was a Rosi film involving it though!
Imagine if you will being lead into battle by Abe Simpson on a mountain top during WWI. Every order he gives resultsβ¦
I couldn't help but think while watching this that if Rob Dreher was in Stephen's position it would be Rob at his most normal, closeted and repressed self. But then his middle aged brain would send him into crazy land. Moreso than thinking you're the descendant of a pagan king. A coming of age tale that filled with emotional depth and awareness of its time. The right way to bake a message into your work without a doubt. Also finally cracked Alan Clarke watches! He's been on my list for years and shamefully hadn't seen any of his work.
There's a million stories in the Fast World. Here's just a few. It is nuts that Universal spent like $300 million on a film that's largely the same as the other recent entries post 7 entries; with no real improvement, but the stakes are lower and the ideas just more bonkers without being all that bonkers. The better stuff here among the varied short tales is John Cena and Lil Brian. Alan Richson trying out for a better movie. Charlize'sβ¦
I haven't seen this since I was a teenager and wasn't a big fan. Hits waaaay better now. Top notch Arnold. Excellent action and unfortunately correct about a few more elements of the future than feel great. Really does seem like we got the predominantly shitty future timeline.
1/ Yo, Letterbxd add the whole anthology NOW!
2/ This was very funny. Best Pixar film in a decade.
It's been an interesting movie day. M. Night is back with a film that ehhh... might annoy people, but also they might get into it. Homie is back with his more overt B-movie Twilight Zone/Outer Limits material. This one actually based on a French graphic novel that he's loosely adapted. People go to a remote beach and start gettin' OLD son! Why? How? When? Where? You'll have to see! As a resident M. Night "appreciator" and considering the onslaught ofβ¦
