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Napoleon (2023)
"YOU THINK YOU'RE SO GREAT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOATS!!!"
I gave this film a 3/10, but not for lack of entertainment. This movie is entertaining for all the wrong reasons. There are some truly bizarre writing choices in this film, and Joaquin Phoenix's performance is downright incomprehensible at times. Not to mention the psychotic editing. The really surprising thing is that there are definitely some very well done sequences, especially during the battle scenes. This film has some real style and vision behind it. Pacing wise it all comes crashing down in about the last 25 minutes of runtime, and the final act is dreadfully dull. All in all I was not expecting to laugh this hard at a historical drama about Napoleon Bonaparte, but here I am.
Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
Subtlety? Subtlety is for squares!
Just like Ghost in the shell (2017), the filmmakers took all subtlety the book had and threw it out the window. The story is so surface level and obvious that it completely ruins the point of the book. Moreover, the story is butchered and hacked up to a point where its no longer recognizable. Clarice's role of opening Guy's eyes is completely offloaded on to Beatty, so when Guy does meet her, it feels out of no where. Also, the movie takes the story of the book and shove it all into the first 40 minutes of the movie, so when they realized they had another hour and ten to fill, they introduce this stupid plot about the "omnis" to pad for time. and finally, they blatantly rip off V for Vendetta with the scenes where Beatty is talking to the ministry. Overall, this movie is just a huge waste of an adaptation. don't really know what i expected though.
Annihilation (2018)
not technically a horror, but scarier than any other
I just saw this movie yesterday. it is by far my favorite movie of the year so far. this is the most unsettling and genuinely disturbing movie I've ever seen. the tone gets more dark and disturbing as it goes on. SPOILER ALERT! the scene at the end in the lighthouse is the most terrifying and tense moment I've seen in a big budget movie. i'm glad the film makers decided not to have no music at this point because the music they used added to the atmosphere really well. this scene is a perfect example of great horror. it blends the fear of the unknown as well as the terror of seeing something your mind doesn't want to accept.