Numbers wrote: ↑

January 11th, 2021, 7:38 pm

and given the recent allegations, some of the actions of Shia LaBeouf's character rubbed me the wrong way (pun not intended).

The timing of this could not be worse for him. He is great regardless though. This is Kirbys film nonetheless she is right with Mulligan as the best of year for me.

Pieces of a Woman The first thirty minutes of this are fantastic, and really confidently directed. What comes after is a mix of good and bad. I think the films really struggles to find a visual style and direction. Feels like a young director who borrows from his idols but it suffers from having its...

Seems like a good comeback for Aronofsky after two films I consider misses. Still a huge fan of Black Swan, The Wrestler and The Fountain. This seems to be more complimentary of his style.

DHOPW42 wrote: ↑

January 10th, 2021, 4:43 pm

I wrote two or three paragraphs on the film and no one reacted to that

Don't take it personally no one responds to anything on here anymore.

Good news. I think she is one of the better actresses working right now.

Heat
Miami Vice
Collateral
The Insider

I guess I need to watch Thief

1. Tenet
2. Im thinking of Ending Things
3. Another Round
4. Babyteeth
5. Sound of Metal
6. Mank
7. Black Bear
8. Promising young women

Nothing really blew me away this year. Looking forward to Minari and Nomadland.

Promising Young Woman

Mulligan is one of my favorite performances of the year. The film however never reaches its potential and is pretty unevenly directed. At times it shines but falls apart in its third act.

Vader182 wrote: ↑

December 27th, 2020, 9:45 pm

This movie has no control over its own material, and winds up saying a bunch of toxic stuff it's probably not meaning to.

-Vader

This sums it up for me. Not only is the script a mess but the direction is very poor at times.