one cool gimmick and a bunch of slow pans does not save this ponderous, confusing art flick, and the repetitive soundtrack only makes it worse.
One Sentence Media Reviews
one cool gimmick and a bunch of slow pans does not save this ponderous, confusing art flick, and the repetitive soundtrack only makes it worse.
still slaps nuff said slash well the scenes with the "crazy" ex dont hold up... crazy or not we all deserve compassion.
this early 50s half musical has enough slapstick comedy and weird cultural things to make it a crowd pleaser for sure, and you can ask everyone - are you a marilyn or are you a jane?
Fantastic movie - funny, exciting, somewhat anti-war, dudes rock, ww2 misfits are a vietnam commentary etc - only complaint is that they play this random "burning bridges" theme song not once not twice but thrice and it's really not a great song.
This was an incredibly prescient book when it was written, accurately forecasting the utter cultural division the nation would face, as well as the increasing failure of the democratic party to do anything helpful about it - but 16 years later we know all of this already, and a quick essay or review on this subject will be a better use of time.
should have called it "a chomp to remember".
if you're looking for a classic kids movie to nostalgify your life a bit, this'll do the trick - but don't go into it thinking it's a whole lot more than that.
this is a reactionary movie even above and beyond the normal cop movie tropes, from the way it queer-codes the villain to the overall "good strong men don't need to follow the rules" vibe - so why do I like it so much?
marginal.
a young woman leaves home to become a wealthy, arrogant man's third concubine; a visual masterpiece, each scene more stunning and tragic; is it a metaphor?
a three part meditation on individual hope and yearning amidst the atomizing churn of "progress"; part three is in English so the dialogue is a little off, but it's all rather heartbreaking nonetheless
installment one of a mini review series about china's collective trauma throughout the 20th century:
a gorgeous, sweeping epic about artistic and queer identity set against forty years of inconceivable change, featuring one of the most harrowing scenes I've ever seen in any film -- but it really did be like that for a billion people, and understanding this shared history is integral to understanding chinese culture and politics today
a challenging read (is it possible?); a real struggle of a ride (Kesey wrote a second masterpiece?); you'll laugh and maybe cry but by the time you get through, iffn you make it through, you'll never forget the journey (is the great American novel still relevant at all?).
if you can get past this being a dudely movie about dude stuff, you'll find a unique, interesting and realistic story treating with intuition and the price it exacts on the intuiter.