redflag
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Member Since: 10 Oct 2013
Location: CA, USA
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Ran (1985) - Rated 23 Jun 2025
"Probably Kurosawa's masterpiece, a perfect adaptation of King Lear (with some Macbeth tossed in, too.) Tragedy writ large, epic nihilism. And yet it's funny, too! Like Barry Lyndon (and King Lear for that matter), the tail end of feudalism on film, a stilted, stifling world of absurd rules and obligations. But so much more..."
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) - Rated 19 Jun 2025
""I suppose I'm moved by this absurd performance." Anderson off the rails again, in one of his most laugh-out-loud (or at least ironic head-smacking-and-burst-of-air-recognition-funny) films. Stunningly beautiful sets, a gentle (perhaps offensively so, given current realities- private utopian outpost?) political message, and a giant middle finger to the audience (and critics) unwilling to go along for the (exhausting, but fun) ride. Del Toro is great and Anderson should keep Cera on retainer."
Nerawareta gakuen (1981) - Rated 04 Jun 2025
"Light and silly, good entertainment, with some brief flirtations with serious themes of fascism, depression, and sexual awakening. Could have been wackier."
Crank: High Voltage (2009) - Rated 02 Jun 2025
"2 Cranked 2 Stupid: Fully Loaded MAxXx. I mean, it's garbage, but hilarious garbage. And it put images in my brain that I never expected from cinema: from horse dicks and ferret testicles to a man losing an elbow and another man chopping off his own nipples. Fun for the whole family! Vote 4 Pedro!"
Lucy (2014) - Rated 28 May 2025
"Crank 3: Scarjo's Way"
The Quiet American (2002) - Rated 26 May 2025
"Ugh. Waste of talent in a jumbled bowdlerization of one of the great 20th century novels. Its worst crime is being dull as rocks. Skip."
Sabotage (1936) - Rated 25 May 2025
"A blight on the novel (a political masterpiece), but a great early popcorn muncher with some goofy characters. Great camerawork and shots of 1930s London."
Police Story 2 (1988) - Rated 07 May 2025
"Gettin' goofy lol. Feel like they crammed all the action into the last 30 min. which sucked. But that final explosion is something to write home about, goddamn!"
Friday (1995) - Rated 05 May 2025
"Tucker at his least obnoxious, almost likable! At its best, a light love letter to meandering afternoons in L.A. and the hood- something we can never have enough of IMO. But messy, occasionally cliched, and misogynistic."
Adolescence (2025) - Rated 25 Apr 2025
"Hit/miss. Thoroughly enjoyed the finale, hated the psych character."
