Nostalgia is usually emanated within happiness, filled with a yearning to return and relive a time so dear to oneself. It is typically instilled with a mentality full of positive feelings and Nobuhiko Obayashi certainly is no stranger to this, often filming past time periods in a manner that reflects childhood impulses alongside an overall fascination with the world that is shaped by a youthful consciousness. Yet with The Discarnates, Obayashi taps into a completely different side of nostalgia that…
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Nope 2022
Oof, so devoid of any atmosphere (that first hour alone was so irredeemably tedious that even Hoyte can’t save it) and so crass in the execution of its unbelievably on-the-nose themes that Peele might as well just shout in my face "AHHHHHH IT'S ALL A SPECTACLE!!"
Somehow that’s not even the worst part, this is genuinely a contender for the least interesting characters in any horror film 🥶🥶
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Paths of Glory 1957
[This review isn't great, but I like to think of it as a time capsule of my feelings back then]
"Gentlemen of the court, there are times that I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion."
As soon as this film ended and as soon as I wiped away the tears, I sat there astonished. There are not many films that are able to do that but Paths of Glory absolutely did.…