It's so grand and overwhelming that while obviously excellent, I definitely feel I have to see it again to properly get my bearings. I found the first ninety minutes or so to be totally perfect, peaking with the incredible infrared black-and-white gladiatorial introduction of Feyd-Rautha (Butler just totally ferocious here, so obviously one of our most exciting movie stars that the Elvis naysayers should be hanging their heads in shame). The rest of the movie, while obviously still thrilling and…
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Madame Web 2024
I generally don't buy into the memetic quality of these Sony Marvel movies, outside of a couple of funny scenes Morbius and Venom are absolute chores, so lifeless and generic that they can't even be enjoyed with ironic detachment. But this? This is the real shit.
A deliriously stupid movie that you could almost convince me is a loving, intentional tribute to the simpler, shittier superhero movies of the '00s: it has the goofy visuals, the erratic cutting, the hammy…
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Bohemian Rhapsody 2018
The worst film I've seen this year, and a genuine insult to Freddie Mercury's legacy. It's The Greatest Showman of 2018 in that it's a piece of glossy, overproduced, revisionist garbage that's totally dishonest in the portrayal of its subject. At least in this one the songs are good.
You'll notice in the opening credits that Brian May and Roger Taylor are credited as producers, and their influence is obvious. They're portrayed as the glue of responsibility that holds the…
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