Last Movie You Saw, Name & Review Movie • Page 234

Megalopolis - 8/10

I’m not even sure what to say about this honestly other than I just really loved it. it’s a passion project through and through and I’m so happy he was able to bring it to life.

 

We Live in Time is pretty good. I was expecting to cry but didn't. Andrew and Flo were great tho

 

Blood Beat (1983) - 7/10

If Blood Beat (1983) has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Blood Beat (1983) has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Blood Beat (1983) has only one fan then that is me. If Blood Beat (1983) has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Blood Beat (1983), then I am against the world.

 

I've tried to start that about 5 times and always get sidetracked

 

The parts without the ghost samurai with animated powers can be a little dry, but it's so, so cozy. And a Christmas movie!

 

Kingdom of Heaven (director’s cut) - 4/5

having never seen the original version I have no idea how it was 45 minutes shorter, I have no clue what they could have cut.

 

I saw Kingdom of Heaven in theaters when I was 13 but don’t remember much, so I’ve wanted to revisit it and wasn’t sure whether to do the directors cut or not

 

I haven't seen either, my brain had merged Kingdom of Heaven and Days of Heaven and now I'm sad I don't get to watch Terrence do the crusades.

 

Definitely go director's cut for Kingdom of Heaven

 

Megalopolis - 5.5/10

Are you not entertained? Southland Tales by way of Baz Luhrmann, starring Adam Driver as Neo. About as insane as I expected, better in some ways (LaBeouf and Plaza's performances) and worse in others (how do you criticize a script that barely existed in any tangible sense?). Sporadically very enjoyable, but frequently ranging from messy to outright bad. Coppola should've casted Biff Wiff instead of Jon Voight.

 

Just finished watching Kneecap and it's absolutely fucking brilliant, definitely one of my favourites of the year so far!!

 

A Real Pain is pretty good. Culkin is fantastic. Eisenberg is his usual self. Did a good job writing/directing tho

 

Smile 2 - 8/10
Much like the first film, shockingly good given its gimmick, and even better than the first film considering its further lean towards psychological horror and away from supernatural horror. I don't think it needs to be over two hours (I'm sure you could trim 15-20 minutes off the runtime and not lose anything), but I'm honestly so impressed with how tight and stylistically fresh it feels. Really well-directed camera movements and a good balance of practical gore with the jump scares you'd expect. One of the toughest "needle yank" scenes I've ever watched in my life. Naomi Scott is a star and really locks in the material here. Likely one of the best horror films of the year, and it may have been even better if it was a standalone not tied to the Smile franchise. Will be interested in seeing Parker Finn direct a non-franchise film.

Dead of Night (1945) - 8.5/10
An early horror anthology that falls into the same trap we see modern anthologies fall into, where segments vary in quality and tone, but this one is mostly very good until the halfway point when it becomes great. "The Golfer's Story" is SO funny, and while "The Ventriloquist's Dummy" is remembered for a reason, it's the wraparound segment's terrifying finale that really pushes the film into truly unsettling and innovative territory. If that segment actually inspired real astrophysicists, there's no way it didn't inspire the descent into madness captured in Late Night With the Devil. I had a blast with this, and I would urge even horror fans that feel hit or miss on anthologies to give this one a watch as we approach the holiday season.

 

I am also a little over halfway into Deadpool and Wolverine. Kind of a Marvel hater, but even with the #random humor, I seemed to enjoy the first two enough, and I love Jackman's Wolverine, so of course I was looking forward to catching this on streaming. It kind of just feels like they made a car commercial for 13-year-olds so far.

 

Deadpool & Wolverine - 4/10
Pretty fun up to a certain point and absolutely grating after that point. At one point Chris Evans landed on his nuts and I was embarrassed to be watching this in the same room as my wife. The tonal whiplash between the XBOX Live humor of the movie and an unironic sentimental montage of behind the scenes footage from the X-Men films set to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" during the credits made me feel like I was having a stroke.