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Watchmen 2009
The Yin-Yang dichotomy of Comedian and Rorschach was fantastic.
Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but I loved the formers anarchist behavior blended with the laters rigid morality. The Comedian is horrible, yes, and Rorschach seems of noble purpose, but do you want Jackie Earl Haley baby sitting your kids? Drop a cookie and he might throw ‘em out the window in the name of justice.
Silk Spectre II and Night Owl both hoping those two asshole will calm the hell…
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Dream Scenario 2023
Nic Cage manages to condense Donald and Charlie Kaufmann down to a single character. Uncomfortably bombastic but equally neurotic and insecure. It's a schtick that's funny for about an hour, with plenty of awkward laughs along the way.
Unsure about that final lap though. Maybe it tries to take on too much. Reminded me of "Sorry to Bother You" (2018) in the sense it has a great setup then eclipses a relatable scale at the end.
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Station Eleven 2021
There was something refreshing and sincere about this production.
It’s 10 hours blissfully free of sarcasm, snark and cleverness. There is no Ryan Reynolds or Will Ferrell. No Superheroes. No over-processed CGI, car chases, or endless streams of gun fire.
There is drama and death, but it’s never exploitive. There are no good guys and bad guys, just people trying to stay alive and make connections.
There is love, loss, and loneliness, but not in ways you expect. It doesn’t define anyone. People overcome.
There was no attempt to sell me anything.
I doubt there will be a season 2.
Arts are respected.
I loved it.
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'Twas the Fight Before Christmas 2021
What a frustratingly precise commentary on the cultural divide in this country right now. Ostensibly about a xmas light fetish, but really about Individualism vs Community, Faux Religion vs Secularism, and all the other idealogical trappings we read about daily in the US.
That this Sociopathic Clark Griswald could make me empathize with a Home Owners Association speaks to the level of contempt I have for him and what he represents.
The most horrific part of this documentary is the lack of a conclusion. Which feels disturbingly accurate.
Framing this in a classic xmas special vernacular is effective and creepy.
When two tribes go to war.