I get that this is basically the world's favorite movie. It is good, I get it. It's just not something I have fun watching.
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I think I like this even more than I did in 1999. It's probably the best film about Watergate. Kirsten Dunst is my lifetime favorite actress, and this is fun and makes me happy.
The movie poster looks like it would be for a Wes Anderson film.
Favorite (Not Necessarily Best) Four From Every Year Since Birth
It was fun. Not great fun, but OK fun.
Maybe just felt a little wash, rinse, repeat. Supes gets in a fight, gets beaten, rallies, gets beaten, rallies, gets beaten…finally triumphs.
Lex Luthor should never be reduced to being just a whiny brat, (super smart or not) and that’s what they did with him here. Best Lex is still animated series Lex.
As <B>Old Man Brad</b> <A HREF="https://boxd.it/3LjZC1">states</A>, <I>Look Away</i> is a slow burn, providing two sides to Maria's descent as an unpopular student at school, to becoming, thanks to her alter ego Airam, accepted (while maintaining a mysterious aura to her).
Once Maria discovers that her alter ego Airam can help her power through tough times, she lets go, eventually succumbing to the alter ego's power and remaining trapped behind any area of reflection. While Airam causes death and destruction, Maria can only watch what she has let happen.
The film features a fantastic performance by India Eisley, but both Jason Isaac's and Mira Sorvino's talents are wasted (it's not as bad as it sounds).
<B>Final thoughts</b>:
Don't look away. This is worth watching.<B>Setup</b>: The film's streaming on Tubi, so catch it there. We enabled <A HREF="http://letterboxd.com/lgoled">Perfect Black on our LG OLED TV</A>. I don't know what type of film they used to direct it, but it was a perfect match for this mode!
Things I Wanted From Freakier Friday:
1. Original cast
2. You're IT! You're the ULTIMATE!!!
3. A good time at the theater with popcornI got everything I needed from it, plus a bonus performance of "Take Me Away."
I love the cast, and I hate the ending. I thought maybe I'd soften on it the second time around, but I truly hate the ending so much.
Flora and Son is a very sweet, heartwarming watch. I had warm fuzzies almost the whole time. Eve Hewson's Flora feels like someone you know, just super realistic and lived-in, and Joseph Gordon Levitt is charming in a restrained way.
Some fun stories, but even in 1982 some of them likely felt a bit stale.
Loved the animated credits and touches to the film though!
The Order is almost two hours, but it's one of the rare times that I wish a movie was longer. I wanted more time with both Jude Law's and Nicholas Hoult's characters and stories. I feel like a little bit more time could have gotten me from good to great.
I loved how it looked though. All dusty and old.
<I>Trespassers</i> starts off with a bang, but then drags on for a good while before the action begins again. The character build-up was mostly unnecessary, but pays off a little bit as we learn more about each person involved, and, of course, until we approach the true intentions of the film.
It's a colorful film, one that reminded me a lot of <I>Revenge</i> due to the colors and layout of the home, but don't expect a <I>You're Next</i> or <I>Home Sweet Home</i> type of film. This stands on its own, even though it doesn't present an original concept.
It's worth opening the door, maybe staying for a short amount of time, ut pays off in the end, if you can sit through it.
<B>Setup</b>: We started off watching the film with <A HREF="http://letterboxd.com/lgoled">LG OLED's Perfect Black</A>, but then reset it for Perfect Color given how the film became "alive" midway through. Totally worth it!
I liked the cast, the chapters, some of the jokes, and some of the scenes, but every time we were getting somewhere, the chapter would switch! Two steps forward, one step back, for what felt like five hours. Maybe I'll soften upon a rewatch.
