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Post by Jeremy on Apr 14, 2020 12:52:17 GMT -8
At last, my first film review of 2020! I know it took a while, but let's please move onward from that! (Sorry, been a long coupla months.)
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Post by Jeremy on Jul 24, 2020 13:59:42 GMT -8
I hate going more than a month without posting, but life has been busier than usual lately. Still, I found some time to write about the history of movies based on video games, and how they've lately gone from terrible to... kind of good?
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Post by ThirdMan on Jul 25, 2020 1:53:20 GMT -8
Jeremy trying to pass off the Sonic The Hedgehog movie as "kind of good". It's now official, folks: pandemic's gotten to him. (I kid. I haven't seen StH, and thus have no opinion of it.)
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Post by Jeremy on Jul 25, 2020 20:45:18 GMT -8
It's a totally fine movie, as long as you overlook the fact that the writers never come up with a convincing reason for the variances in Sonic's speed powers. (And that the film's best scene essentially rips off the Quicksilver scene from Days of Future Past.) I gave it three stars on Letterboxd. (My review is short and pithy, as most of my Letterboxd reviews are.)
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Post by Jeremy on Sept 25, 2020 12:41:14 GMT -8
Because I was too lazy didn't have time to write a full article this week, I decided to take a little time to corral all the film reviews on this website into one place. This article (which I will continually update) allows you to access all my movie reviews, including the handful that are non-Disney-related.
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 27, 2020 7:56:58 GMT -8
Haven't done a bona fide film review in a while, so I decided to do some mini-reviews of films I watched this past week. My thoughts on The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Social Dilemma, and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
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Post by Jeremy on Jan 4, 2021 9:24:47 GMT -8
The more I think about Soul, the more I'm convinced it is one of Pixar's best films. Gorgeous, thoughtful, heartfelt - it's impressive on nearly every level. My review.(Includes some spoilers, as it's virtually impossible to discuss the film otherwise.)
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Post by Jeremy on Jun 2, 2021 8:08:32 GMT -8
Finally found some time to start writing again. First thing I wanted to do was share some thoughts on The Mitchells vs. the Machines, an early contender for the best animated film of 2021, as well as a clear sign of how Sony Animation is distinguishing itself from the competition. My review.
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Post by Jeremy on Oct 29, 2021 9:15:03 GMT -8
Just ahead of the spookiest day of the year (and Halloween two days before that), I explore a bit about horror franchises and what makes them lose their scare - through the lens of the Paranormal Activity series.
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Post by Jeremy on Jan 5, 2022 9:52:15 GMT -8
Kicking off the new year, I've got a trio of new film reviews (albeit all in one article). Check out my thoughts on The Matrix Resurrections, Being the Ricardos, and Don't Look Up.
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Post by ThirdMan on Jan 5, 2022 11:54:45 GMT -8
Though I don't think that Neo and Trinity (or the actors that play them) had much romantic heat in the first Matrix (where that angle felt more like a plot-device than anything else), I think the middle-aged versions of them actually do have some chemistry. At least in the sense that their relationship now feels lived-in.
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Post by Jeremy on Jan 5, 2022 19:58:44 GMT -8
I did find the Neo/Trinity scenes to have a bit more spark to them than in prior films, if only due to the sense of nostalgia surrounding them. I just never really bought them as a romantic couple, outside of the generic reasoning that he's the male lead and she's the female lead, so of course they need to get together.
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Post by otherscott on Jan 6, 2022 8:51:53 GMT -8
My thoughts on Don't Look Up: True satire has to come from the Satire region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling political commentary.
Ham-fisted political commentary at that.
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Post by Jeremy on Jan 6, 2022 19:16:00 GMT -8
There are good film satires! Idiocracy is one. So is Dr. Strangelove, technically, even if I was kinda bored by it.
The reaction to Don't Look Up is interesting because the most negative reactions seem to be coming from the political left - i.e. the audience it is presumably being marketed for. I can think of a number of reasons, from the misplaced allegory (comet collision doesn't work as climate change metaphor) to the condescending tone (painting even the more liberal media outlets as clueless and ignorant about climate issues). Curious to see how it fares at the Oscars.
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Post by otherscott on Jan 7, 2022 7:09:28 GMT -8
I'm also interested, because it really will go to the heart of the credibility of the Oscars a little bit, and how much they're just star struck as opposed to actually awarding good performances as opposed to just star studded movies.
If this was a movie with otherwise the same plot with Joel Edgerton in the Leo spot, J Smith-Cameron in the Streep spot, and Julia Garner in the Jennifer Lawrence spot, this wouldn't get a sniff of being anywhere near the Oscar conversation, despite likely having a pretty similar quality of acting.
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