in addition to the really touching story of friendship that we know and love in this classic, there’s something great about seeing what 1986 thought about the mid fifties.
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in addition to the really touching story of friendship that we know and love in this classic, there’s something great about seeing what 1986 thought about the mid fifties.
This deep dive into street names and addresses across time and space is both fascinating and easily digestible - a great achievement for what could have been a dry topic.
come for the early celebrity cameos from brad pitt, sam l jackson, val kilmer and tony soprano, but leave early for the 90s racism and misogyny, generally weird tone and bad ending - slater's character is annoying and made me wish the movie was about someone else.
everything about this cold war drama thriller thing was interesting and really well constructed, except that I felt it lacked focus, and I was left not really caring at the end.
light sci-fi, low-melodrama romance and sharp comedy make a really great combo.
I love andy weir’s irreverent and hilarious first person hard sci-fi stylings (like in the martian), and this is exactly more of the same except also more speculative and epic in scope so - I couldn’t put it down.
Never Let Me Go is incisive and fascinating in its description of boarding school and childhood, but is meanwhile set in a sad, disturbing, difficult situation which, altho fantastical, feels extremely true to home - so unless all that sad and disturbing stuff sounds special to you (and it is special, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not necessarily special in an enjoyable way), I have trouble recommending it.
it’s fun to see wes anderson stumble around on little doe legs in this early indie flick, and owen wilson’s character’s optimistic hustling craziness gave me a lot to think about.
equal parts beautiful nature documentary, brilliant + incisive social commentary, and disturbing psychedelic fairy tale.
Miranda July is in classic form here - a strange, enticing, endearing character drama about some really weird people, with a touch of the absurd in there to spice things up.
music was cool, taking a nap to the soothing Czech voices was cool.
excessive cheesiness and some internal world building inconsistencies keep this goofy video game story from true greatness, but it’s still a fun, entertaining, touching, well-acted romp.