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The secret to this game is to never take your eyes off the ball
A whiff of Garp, a dash of Candide, and an eager, sort-of average American caught up in the country’s turbulent and rambunctious history, short as it is. Forrest in a way is John Q. Public, caught up in and thus blinded to his own destiny unfolding at breakneck speed.
Whatever the man has done and said since, Hanks did deliver a stellar performance in this. From his weird Southern boonies accent to the awfully literal approach to everything, he made Forrest into an immediately recognizable and endearing character.
Sinise is simply outstanding, and never quite got the career he deserved in my opinion. Fantastic George in Of Mice And Men. It seems Lt Dan led him to a good life, though, so there’s that.
I’m more on the fence about Wright, whom I’ve always considered the weak link in great movies, but I might be influenced by her character, and the borderline abusive relationship she nurtures with Forrest.
Then again, heartland America has had an abusive relationship with its coastal self-professed progressive, so-called elites, so, truth in art.
The music is nostalgic, sometimes innocent, sometimes bittersweet and always relevant. Perfect.
Being from the mid 90S, this movie only had access to primitive woke tech, such as the brave single mother (husband’s fate unknown, presumed ‘deadbeat’), female as permanent victims, rich white male ‘stepping up’ after languishing in unrequited adulation.
Maybe not woke, but definitely focused on male sacrifice and female irresponsibility.
Doesn’t mean it doesn’t make for a good story. Just that the premises are fine for fantasy, but flawed for reality.
At least it gets something right: the most obvious leftist character is a selfish, confused, broken white woman from an abusive home. At least she has excuses, but then again, it’s fiction.
The social commentary is actually pretty fair, and does not look at the past with rose-tinted glasses.
I do not condone its message of unity, though, as ‘unity’ and ‘divisive’ are and have always been leftist euphemisms for ‘submission’ and ‘independent’.
I’ll still rate this at 0 woke, and leave it at misguided, left-leaning, sentimentalist zeitgeist. Brain awry, but heart not in a bad place.
Created: 10-30-2024
Not a fan of the genre, but it's very good
Not a fan of Mann and his brand of urbanized modern Western, hence being 30 years late for this one.
But I have to admit, the bloke sure knows his way around a camera. The movie is tense, gripping and tight, despite the run time.
The much hyped street shout-out scene is, well, still a little Hollywood, but yeah, it's good. Furthermore, it's _legible_. Here, the multiple alternating shots and point-of-views do not create a voluntary mess as a cover for a badly choreographed scene, and one can easily make tactical sense of the fight's progression.
Characters are consistent, cast is stellar, pacing is near perfect.
I'm very much impressed.
Created: 10-30-2024
Where’s the dichotomy?
Batman is supposed to be ambiguous: is the Batman Bruce Wayne’s alter ego, or vice versa?
This iteration of the character is pure Bat, with Wayne but a thin veneer that he seldom wears.
Also, shirts and socks. He seldom wears them. Because toxic female gaze, I suppose.
By the same token, the villain(s) are supposed to be flesh-out, engaging characters, that in their own way highlight the darkness of the protagonist. Here, Catwoman is just a feline-in-distress, the Penguin a walk-on role, and the Riddler absent for 2/3 of the movie. At least he does his job in the end.
Both the script and the photography remind me of Fincher’s Se7en, which is a good thing in many ways, but also feels generic in a way, or possibly just too realistic. The movie does not bear the mark of the Bat, the slight touch of insanity that has been the hallmark of previous movies, even the bad ones. All dark and orange simply lacks flamboyance.
As another example, fight scenes: they are neither cartoonish (Burton), nor overly brutal (Snyder, Arkham videogames, although they do angle towards that in the end). Here they’re tepid and uninspired. Neither Pattinson nor Kravitz can produce convincing physicality.
This Batman’s voice just doesn’t do it for me either. Too smooth. No grit. The Bat is supposed to growl “I’m Batman”, not croon that he is sorry at someone’s sob story.
The music too often sounds like William’s Imperial March or Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters. Originality is hard.
As for wokeness: pretty subdued for current day Hollywood. Yet another black female Mayor, all white males are corrupt (and I mean all, let’s deconstruct icons), hence Gordon’s race-swap, and female saviour. Catwoman hasn’t looked like Michelle Pfeiffer in decades (and Kravitz definitely is not Pfeiffer), and this Selina Kyle is aggressively, well, woke, as is each and every single black female according to Hollywood. She gets a pass for girlbossing, cause that’s part of Catwoman.
Created: 10-28-2024
Stallone is not intellectual but intelligent
The 80s fashion of deriding Stallone as a muscular moron, well, was justified by the subsequent Rambo movies, I guess.
But this one has more depth than meets the eye, with an engaging if somewhat awkward script, Stallone trying his honest best (he got better with age), and an outstanding Dennehy.
Created: 10-28-2024
Classic documentary about the 21st century.
A 90s reductio ad absurdum of political correctness results in a pretty accurate description of current date, current time.
Beyond the meme potential, this movie is just stupidly enjoyable from beginning to end.
Stallone is at his best as the straight man (in the comedic sense, although quite likely also), and Snipes is just brimming with inspiration. And joyful madness. And possibly unlicensed pharmaceuticals. The incarnation of genial evil.
We still have a few years to wait to solve the mystery of the 3 shells.
Created: 10-28-2024
Blade has finally ice-skated up the hill...
... that it could die on.
The addition of a Scooby gang wasn't the best idea.
21-yo Biel and 26-yo Reynolds are fantastic as cheese-cake and beef-cake, but Biel is not the greatest thespian ever, and Reynolds' brand of comedy is somewhat tonally at odds with the Blade universe.
Purcell and Posey are definitely brilliant, though.
I probably wouldn't rate it this high without the prior installments, though.
Created: 10-28-2024
A more polished Blade
I actually like this 2nd iteration better.
Snipes and Kristofferson bring more of the same, but within a tighter script, with better photography and choreography.
The tacticool factor is now turned up to 11, with the addition of a semi-ensemble cast.
Created: 10-28-2024
Some franchises are always trying to ice-skate uphill
Snipes sells the movie with his shameless, balls-to-the-wall approach to the character. He's neither as over-the-top nor as good as in Demolition Man, but he is Blade, no contest.
Kristofferson also is an outstanding casting choice.
Without them, the movie would be tepid at best.
As it stands, it's cool and flashy in just the correct amounts.
But we still had to wait 14 years to Black Panther to get the first black super-hero on a theater screen, but, why bother with facts.
Created: 10-28-2024
Sci-fi masterpiece
As in old-school, socially and humanly relevant science-fiction.
Scott's best in my opinion, which is a pretty high bar.
Ford's best in my opinion, which is a pretty high bar.
Hauer's best, well, you get it. Same goes for Young.
Created: 10-28-2024
Very intersting and factual
This single-season series by NatGeo is just a thumbnail sketch of what can be said about the dynasty that rules the fledgling nation of North Korea. It's a good way to get a basic grasp of what's going on north of the 38th parallel and how it came to be. The transition of power from Kim Il Song to Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un is an interesting story. Kim Il Song was carefully chosen by the USSR to rule the post WW2 nation after the Japanese occupation. From there, it's the oft repeated example of socialist dictatorship being backed by Soviets. This series is fact-based and well presented.
Created: 10-28-2024
Safe, non-woke youngster entertainment
The voice actors are first class, the animation rivals any around. The movie had a lot of great bits like when Sam first figured out that the lucky penny was real. There was the kind of animated slap-stick that make the Minions so entertaining. Simon Pegg was, as usual, top-notch. The chemistry between Simon and Eva was outstanding. The problem with this movie was a lack of any real plot. The story line was scattered and forced. I would love to see this cast of actors and animators try again with a screenplay worth watching.
Created: 10-28-2024
