About as epic of military biopic can be that packs THAT many moments of a man's life into one film. And to think there is another hour+ left out of this cut. The film moves QUICKLY through so many different moments in Napoleon's life that it can feel both fast and slow, as you find yourself not as attached to the characters due to the constant progression of events. At the very least, it doesn't feel like your typical run-of-the-mill…
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013
Amazing how I remembered virtually none of this film, the jumping off point on my original attempt to watch the trilogy. It’s certainly better than I remembered but still gives off a heavy vibe of Young Adult genre pretending it’s more mature. The premise of an adult game promises more carnage but instead its more of the same, with many off-screen deaths, corny combat and bizarre animal attacks (looking at you monkeys). You can buy into kids making silly decisions,…
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Barbarian 2022
I can say with 100 percent certainty that you will not guess where this movie is going.
Without going into spoilers, the movie creates incredible tension throughout the first half of the film, culminating in an awesome WTF moment. And then we get an abrupt tension relief and the movie never really recovers. Once you know what’s going on, it’s certainly shocking, but suffers from a bit of the same problem as X in that it’s a bit much and a…
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The Power of the Dog 2021
Or The Hours of The Slog, is Oscar bait and pretentious filmmaking at its finest. Needlessly long and wildly dull, it’s hard not to feel incomplete and unsatisfied after watching this film. Netflix yet again pandering to the Letterboxd-type crowd, hunting for a Best Picture winner; well this certainly will not be it.
Benedict Cumberbatch takes a break from playing a misunderstood prick and instead is just a giant asshole throughout. The first half of the movie has little to…
