Maybe the prettiest movie from its era? I love the use of natural light in this. Some shots were just breathtaking.
Didn’t love the story, but it’s fine. It’s mostly a vessel to go on a tour of Venice, and for that it is sufficient. Also an Italian guy passionately tells someone to “🤌 eat-a the ravioli” as a metaphor for love so there’s an extra star for that I suppose.
Nothing but love to my man Helmet. It’s a bit uneven, but works as a collection of short stories. Starts high and ends low (in emotion, not necessarily quality). Split diopter engagement bait accounts haven’t discovered this yet which is nice.
Liked this better the second time. Silly, fun, low stakes Spielberg. Surprising lack of the Hanx Bobble™.
Aha! 🕴️
It’s dumb and weirdly paced but I cried a bunch so four stars it is!
Worth a watch as we head into another election against the former guy.
Watched on Monday August 26, 2024.
Paul kinda… sucks?
Watched on Monday August 19, 2024.
JJL’s Katharine Hepburn impression is my new inner monologue voice.
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Knew from the first twenty minutes or so that I’d cry. 🥲 Not better than the first, but a great addition and continuation of its themes. Very funny and very real. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, especially in high school, you’ll see yourself in this.
Been a while since I’ve seen this. Not my fave Wes Anderson, but it might be his most impressive from a world-building perspective? Maybe outside of Grand Budapest.
This was a lot funnier than I expected it to be. Hits hard still. While watching, I could feel the Hawaiian humidity on my skin and smell the sweet air… paired with the slack key guitar soundtrack, mmm, it captures it so well.
Love this genre of screwball comedy where things just keep getting crazier. Feels like it followed in the steps of Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday with a nice dark Scorsese twist. The camera just never stops moving, which I love and am seriously impressed by. So many laugh out loud funny moments in this. Watch it with someone who has a good dry sense of humor.
I’m sorry there’s no way that woman was nine months pregnant.
Watched on Thursday April 11, 2024.
Enrapturing. Just as Norma Desmond would want it to be.
“A dozen press agents doing overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.”
Frankly a bit boring. Maybe not the best watch on an airplane. I think I need to read some analysis of the ending. Is it that life goes on with or without you? I don’t know. Maybe I’m too tired or dumb to get it. But I loved the cinematography and the acting. Spending the bulk of the film in the car makes it very exciting when we come outside of the car for a bit.
I’m torn on if I like the active documentarian aspect of this or not. I think it brings up good points about how people change how they act when they’re filmed (hello, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm), but I wonder if it dwelled on that topic too long.
Putting that aside, Alex’s physical feat is just incredible. Sweaty palms the whole time. Really wild stuff that I hope to never experience or witness in my life ever. Alex says no one ever achieved something great by being happy and cozy. I think I and the Epicureans would beg to differ.
I’m in love with Truffaut’s active camera. The kinetic energy in this film is so good. It’s a classic blend of tragedy and comedy. Would love to read more about it soon.
Forgot how incredibly funny this is. I miss comedies. Can we make comedies a thing again?
I’m glad I waited this long until I saw this movie. I can see that if I saw it nearly three years ago when it was released I would have been disappointed. As it is though I’m just motivated to see the second part in theaters.
It seems like this is a story that really benefits from such a long first act. I haven’t read the book, but from what I’ve heard, it’s a lot of fictional politics. Which is a very difficult thing to pull off in a movie (*cough*The Phantom Menace*cough*trade negotiations*cough*). In a book you can stop, re-read, and think about it, whereas a movie just chugs along whether you’re with it or not.
That being said, I think this movie pulled it off well, at the expense of runtime. Which only makes it necessary to split it into two films. Now that I know fully the stakes at play, and can have several days to ponder it all, I can go into Part 2 a little more confident in understanding it all.
The action here was good, and the worm scenes intense. Things felt tactile and believable (with the exception of one shot that went a little too MCU.) Incredible shot composition.
Hard to rate when I’m still waiting for the conclusion! I think the opening scene was interesting, but then the two exposition dump scenes that followed were actually shockingly boring. Usually these movies are great at the “show, don’t tell” thing. Or at least “show while telling”. But instead we have a three minute scene of two photographs, a cassette player, and Tom Cruise moving his eyes.
There are a few other moments like that in the hours that follow (and I have my own dislikes of certain plotting decisions or editing choices), but crucially, the action is still as exciting as ever. And that’s really what we’re all here for, right? I’ve enjoyed the way the McQuarrie movies has melded the intrigue and cat-and-mouse nature of De Palma’s original film with the pure spectacle extravaganza of Brad Bird’s. It hits a really nice balance for me.
This one might be a little low on the spectacle, but it’s one of two parts. Gotta save the biggest stuff for last. I expect to read a news story about Tom Cruise falling off of a satellite or something this year.
I need to watch this again when I’m not so tired. This captures so well that giddy feeling of new love. Or old love maybe, in this case.