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If you saw Locke and thought "I sure wish this wasn't as well written and instead of cement mixing dealt with the aftermath of a bank heist" here you go.
4 months, 1 week ago
VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list
Rosa Salazar is a delightful and the slapstick works very well. I just hope it didn't stop at the 30-minute mark as the serious stuff is very worn-out.
4 months, 2 weeks ago
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It's a lot better than that quirky-smirky trailer makes you think. Good subtext about the role of race and men in rap music, charming performances and good music.
4 months, 3 weeks ago
4 months, 3 weeks ago
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The script and actors are there. If everything happened like 10% faster the jokes would land way better most of the time.
4 months, 4 weeks ago
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Mark Millar continues to be an active garbage fire and I believe nothing of value will come of his work.
5 months ago
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I would love it if Brigsby Bear did more. As it stands it's very solid and has a lot of heart but doesn't really aspire to too much. Give this thing a more thoughtful story and you'd have a classic.
5 months ago
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I had completely forgotten how great this movie is. By abandoning the traditional pacing of a three act story it becomes dynamite. The first act lasts like 80 minutes, the second act is a hot fifteen consisting of nothing but action setpieces, then the last is like 30, again consisting of little but setpieces. By spending over half of the runtime on not-actiony stuff it not only build characters but also allows for an absolutely riveting latter half when crazy visuals are on-screen non-stop.
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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I... I can't take this much of Vin Diesel masturbating to himself on camera. Never thought this point could come. It is incredible.
5 months, 2 weeks ago
VierasTalo added 1 item to Film Journal 2017 list
A white dude goes to the jungle to clamor in the fun of killing animals. In the end he realizes it's much more fun to feel a sense of kinship with the animals. Two stars.
5 months, 2 weeks ago
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The 4K restoration of this was dope on the big screen, but the bigger thing I got out of it was that I was able to hear the score crystal-clear for the first time. Even that ending worked and didn't feel like a jumble of previously heard sounds! Now I just wish they give this treatment to Inferno some day so I get to see that on the big screen too, seeing as how it's the better film of the two. Suspiria, while much more apt in creating an alien, hostile environment without using dialogue, far too often falls apart the second someone speaks audibly.
5 months, 3 weeks ago
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It has terrific music and a terrific Jeff Goldblum. It's also a very cohesive whole which can't be said of most Marvel-movies. Shave off 15 minutes from the whole and you've got it.
5 months, 3 weeks ago
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