INSTANT REVIEW : Closer
A movie about 4 people who know how to cheat on each other.
Natalie Portman still sucks at acting.
INSTANT REVIEW: Anything by Disney recently.
Crap.
INSTANT REVIEW: Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part I (2023) (4/5)
A rogue AI doesn't do what it's best at (making three-armed sexy anime girls), but instead tries to take over the world. Tom Cruise has to jump off a lot of tall things in beautiful places about it. Never boring.
INSTANT REVIEW: Zardoz
Excellent style and rich philosophy that both get explored thoroughly.
INSTANT REVIEW: Paradise Now 8/10
Two buddies from the West Bank volunteer to become suicide bombers to escape their shitty lives and the threat of NEETdom, but the operation doesn't go according to plan when they get cold feet. There is a lot of bleak humor and black comedy and a few scenes where the characters give monologues about life under Israeli occupation which can come off as too preachy and forced for an otherwise subtle film.
INSTANT REVIEW:Shin Godzilla.
Just watched this movie and I thought it was great. It managed to make Godzilla unique and Anno put his own spin on it without really going into pure campy territory.
INSTANT REVIEW: Napoleon (2023) (2/5)
Another bad Hollywood biopic. Bad script, bad direction, bad acting. If you didn’t know anything about the Napoleonic wars, you’d probably never know what the hell’s going on in this movie. It’s all so uninspired and dull. Neither a personal tale about the awkward weirdo who became a conqueror, or a just series of battles and politics like your typical war film. Ridley Scott deserves an award, he somehow managed to make the battle of Austerlitz boring. The worst thing about the movie is the way it’s riled up all the Bonapartists online so they won’t stfu about it now.
INSTANT REVIEW: Sanjuro (1962) 4/5
How did I miss this gem? The only downside is the shorter runtime.
>Didn't quite enjoy it as much as the first one
Why? The first felt like starter. Didn't really get into the meat of the story and just felt disconnected. What is Christopher Walken even doing in these movies? He's mostly comatose throughout. I hate how they keep cutting back to Zendaya giving a disapproving look whenever Paul does anything wrong. Like the audience doesn't know already.
INSTANT REVIEW: Abigail 3/5
Cute loli who chews off people’s heads. The gore is nice and the mansion reminds you of Resident Evil 1 but the story and characters pretty lame and they drag up old vampire cliches. The pacing feels off too and there’s some dumb mind control shit and powers that don’t make sense. But it was nice seeing the dumb hacker girl who dresses like a Twitch streamer explode into a pile of blood and guts.