Letterboxd — Your life in film

It's the most original Spiderman adaptation to date, and arguably the most faithful to the heart of the character. Better writing than I was expecting with complex, well developed characters. But where it truly shines is with its groundbreaking animation of the 2d/3d hybrid visual style; playful and creative angles with often stunning results.

Beautifully animated, well directed and incredible action scenes that would fit right at home in a Mission Impossible film (ahem, Brad Bird). Really liked what they did with the characters, specially the baby. The baby vs raccoon fight is just epic.

Can't say Hereditary is the scariest movie since The Exorcist because I laughed more than I shrieked, but the movie did stay with me. It's well shot, and the the score is used very effectively to build suspense. Seeing it in a packed theater was an awesome experience.
The first half is a pretty strong drama about a highly dysfunctional family coping with death and trauma. It's about traumatized characters discovering there's no healing period, just newer and more f'ed up traumas to endure.

Leigh Whannell's Upgrade was not a movie I was expecting to enjoy as much as I did. It looked ridiculous on paper, but it turned out to be one of the better indie sci-fi horror films since The Signal. Very gritty sci fi with great practical effects & hilarious physical gags.

Tag had some good laughs but overall felt like a very simple idea that was stretched too thin. Jeremy Renner's character comes off as a douche, kind of like the Billy Mitchell of tag. Not much conflict or character growth.

Coralie Fargeat's Revenge is brutal, visceral, and insanely gorgeous. It's a beast of a film that splatters everything with blood without losing its glossy composition, it's luxuriant beauty. Is it a critique of cavemen capitalism? Of macho bloodlust predatory behavior? It's more likely Fargeat's just having a bit of fun by subverting genre tropes. Regardless of its message, Revenge is one of the best film debuts in recent memory.

Clearly, I'm not this film's intended audience, which is a shame considering how many Japanese animes transcend age. This is basically Ponyo for the pre-teen/Nickelodeon crowd full of rock band cliches and character arcs that occur off camera. Can't be too hard on it, some interesting/atypical animation that's often gorgeous to look at, but from a narrative standpoint it's a mess.

Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs is just gorgeous and incredibly charming. Can definitely see Ozu's influence on Anderson's aesthetics/formalism. All p/c politics aside this is his best since Fantastic Mr Fox (then again, I'm a sucker for meticulously drafted animation).

No amount of hype could prepare me for A Quiet Place. It's a concept that has been mined before (the Descent, Don't Breathe, etc) but never to this extent. Excellent world building. Relentlessly tense. Bravo.