I keep saying "next week", but really I mean "this week". I filmed this last week, so this week was next week for me at the time. Are you confused yet?
Best reviewer on RU-vid imo. I find myself shaking my head to every movie I have seen that you have also seen, same taste. Your love for movies is evident, yet you also continually shift focus to the war and the things that really matter in your description. Magnolia has been on my list forever but haven’t seen it yet, thank you for giving me the extra push! Not parasocial, just appreciate you vids a lot so thank you!
As an Indian who has grown up with all sorts of Indian cinema (Bollywood is but one of the many film industries here), I am absolutely befuddled by the critical success of RRR. I absolutely loathed the film and it is one of the few films that made me want to walk out of the cinema midway. Non-Indians, please explain your love for this to me, it is baffling
Just need to pause after your Magnolia section to say that your words on it made me so happy lol - you nailed it, as always. An endlessly wonderful film. All right, resuming video ….
totally agree with your thoughts on Crawdads! Also agree that Evans was the best part of The Gray Man. I actually liked the movie better than the book for that one. I had more fun watching it than I did reading the book but the movie is still nothing special. (especially considering the budget!)
I don’t disagree with you often but Cage and Pascal’s friendship carried the movie. It was a delightful watch! Hope your summer is going well, 3 months ‘til Halloween. Lots of horror coming! 🎃👍🏻
It’s really a shame this movie had to star a man who ran around comparing half the country to Nazis two years ago. The movie may have done much better at the box office.
I can’t believe she barely gave The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent a slightly better rating than The Grey Man. Unbearable was anything but. We roared with laughter throughout and it was great to see Cage make so much fun of himself. Best comedy of the year so far.
@@donsimpsonshead8809 Hey, I enjoyed the hell out of Halloween Kills. I can destroyed online constantly for it. Some movies hit differently with people. It happens.
I totall agree with you about the Russian subplot in Stranger Things 4, they dragged that plot line so much that after a few episodes I was just fed up with it. And I'm still very upset about the ending, specially for what happened to Max.
Pretty good month! Glad you’re firmly on the RRR train, and the Lure is one of the wildest movies I’ve ever seen. Underseen for sure! Here’s what I watched in July: Malignant: 8/10 Before Trilogy: Average 9/10 Us: 5/10 Turning Red: 6/10 Ambulance: 6/10 The Shallows: 6/10 Spencer: 5/10 Old: 7/10 Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story: 10/10 Spirited Away: 9/10 The Black Phone: 7/10 The Blair Witch Project: 4/10 Angel Heart: 9/10 and super underrated The Princess: 5/10 Neptune Frost: 5/10 Blow Out: 10/10 Memoria: 6/10 Elvis: 5/10 (sorry, i did enjoy it more than expected though) Rawhead Rex: 6/10 The Addiction: 8/10 Crash (1996): 8/10 Mission Impossible: 7/10 Twelve Monkeys: 8/10 Robocop (the original): 9/10 The Thing: 10/10 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003): 3/10 Heat: 10/10 Being There: 2/10 Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: 6/10 The Descent: 9/10 (heard about it from you!) Nope: 8/10 High Life: 9/10 The Legend of the Titanic: 1/10 Do the Right Thing: 10/10 John Wick: 7/10 The Gray Man: 1/10
RRR should have gotten a wide theatrical release. Smaller films that are less popular do. I refuse to support the streaming model that’s destroying theatrical experiences and home media alike, so I’ll never get to see this well-regarded film.
I felt similarly about "The Gray Man", and I don't normally mind trope-y assassin movies bc it's harder to avoid clichés in that genre at this point considering how many there have been, so I'm more forgiving. But "The Gray Man" was too lazy for my liking. I'm curious if you've seen "Kate" with Mary Elizabeth Winstead? It's also derivative but it's still well done. I actually enjoyed it despite it not being very well received by critics or audiences.
"Close encounters of the third kind" is a solid Spielberg movie, maybe the sci-fi Spielberg film I'd recommend the least because it's slow, long and don't fit everyone's cup of tea in the genre, even among the Spielberg sci-fi catalogue. But ithe remastered edition on blu-ray looks great, Richard D. is awesome, Williams score is a classic. It's for people who love slow paced sci-fi movies. It must have looked great on the big screen, not that I'd know I was just a baby 😁. "Magnolia" the best PTA movie. I've seen it a few times, never bought it cause it's so depressing, I cried every time and I've not re-watched it since Phillip Seymour Hoffman died which probably will make me cry even more 😭 (still not recovered). It's one of the best dramatic Tom Cruise performances. I liked "The gray man" for a one-time silly fun time. The budget isn't justified, guess a lot went into Gosling and Evans's bank accounts 😂
Fascinating. I thought the Russian sequence was fine. I thought the sequence with Eleven and the underground lab treatments was the "snoozer" part of the season. And that's my opinion. Sorry......
I wouldn't call Vecna a bad villain, but, while being fascinating at times, he remains that simple guy who just wants to rule the world for some dumb reason. At that runtime, they could've done better than that. As entertaining as this season was, it never does more than plainly that. It wants to be deep, but never gets there with it's charming, still undeveloped characters.
Watched the series the old man with Jeff Bridges 8/10. Currently watching season 3 of Evil, so far it's ok 7/10 but not as good as seasons 1&2. Downton Abbey: A New Era 8/10. Mr. Inbetween - 3 seasons, 8/10.
I fully agree about The Gray Men. The writing in this movie is awful, and what's even worse the tempo is poor and the entire film is just boring. And being boring is inexcusable for a stupid action movie... I even think your star rating might be too high. Or maybe I'm overly critical, cause I was too hyped for seeing Ryan Gosling - Ana de Armas duo once more time and my expectations were unrealistic?
I was thrilled with your comments about Magnolia! It was my favorite film, from the moment of its release, until my senses beheld the glory that was Mad Max: Fury Road. Regardless of how one feels about the film, at the very least, it offers a master class of exceptional acting. A long time ago, I had dreams of being a screenwriter, and this screenplay (there is a book that was released in 1999 with the script) is the type of story I would have wrote; a film that emanates emotion and feelings taken to the highest levels. You were spot on in your observation that the film is all about empathy (embodied in the figure of John C. Reilly.) Highest compliment I can pay your review is that I want to watch it again. Thanks.
I suspect that the targeted demographic bracket is above me and maybe it's because the number of romance-anchored films that I've watched is less than the number of digits on one hand, but I nonetheless found _Where the Crawdads Sing_ to be a pleasing picture. All the major and secondary characters are portrayed well, but Edgar-Jones and Strathairn are standouts in a very competitive field. Kya's later mindset is phenomenal. 👌
For me, Stranger Things were very good until the last hour of the series; Vecna was killed - apparently, they say he's not dead - and he should have had a complete victory to show how desperate the situation is for the gang AND Max should have died to show that there are deadly consequences for people that are continually in dangerous situations. 💀💀 I probably won't bother to watch the last season of the show, it's simply too predictable.
RRR One of the worst movies I've ever seen I watched it because of your channel But it was very disappointing The problem I didn't understand is that a lot of people don't like silly action movies For example Fast and Furious But they loved this movie This is confusing to me
I am old enough to have seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind in the theaters. Did not like it at all. Maybe my teenage mind was not into it. I found it sooo boring.
I haven’t had a chance to watch this yet but, if Marcel the Shell With Shoes on isn’t listed here, I sure hope it will be coming soon. This is a film that needs your attention. I think you’d love it!
I had the exact same reaction when I watched Magnolia for the first time back in April. And I was completely shocked I wasn't spoiled on THAT scene too! In regards to Crawdads though, I agree that it plays like a direct to streaming film, but there's already 62 million reasons they dropped it to theaters. Might end up near 100,000,000 with all the fans of the novel.
Yay! Monthly wrap-up and tier lists are the best!! ps: I saw that you're going to Toronto and I wish you a great Festival with lots f great films =)) Can't wait for the reviews!!
Felt the same way about The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (terrible title, btw). Pascal and Cage’s relationship is good, but needed more Cageyness and a lot of the jokes didn’t land for me. It was ok. Also, just want to say I’m liking the thumbnails!
Looking forward for your future videos. I've been following your reviews and watching all of your recommendations and it guided me to a good road. Thanks alot!
I mostly agree with your opinion on Stranger Things 4 but I did find there was some clunky exposition dialog that could have been better handled. If you like Song Kang-Ho, you should check out the vampire movie Thirst directed by Park Chan-Wook, one of my favorite South Korean directors. Park also directed Oldboy and the Vengeance trilogy. While the movie is not considered one of his best, it's wicked fun nevertheless.
I was so excited to hear you never saw Magnolia!!! That film is in my top 10 without question and I love every second of it. It's one of those films I can't believe exists and is so good, it inspires me to create something that elicits a long-lasting effect this film provided for me. What an experience. Awesome job Marianna
@Impression Blend ... I felt the same about stranger things 4 a great recovery and Eddie rocks.... side note ... have you watched “The Hunt” on Netflix yet? 🤔😂
@@ImpressionBlend ha ha I meant the one by Blumhouse ... you’re missing out on one of the best final girls.... just saying 🙂. Thank you for your hard work, great video as always.... will you do a “Do revenge” review?
Have you seen the scandinavian film "The Innocents" or "Men"? I just pre-ordered those two along with "Everything, everywhere, all at once" and "X". I hope I did the right choice. I'm all in when it comes for A24 films. 😂 Greetings from Germany.
Also here's a fact about the author of Where The Crawdads Sing. She and her husband and son are wanted for murder in Zambia. They lived there in the 90's her husband operated a "shoot to kill" policy for poachers
@@ImpressionBlend Yep. They were living there as conservationists when that happened. Some people have been vocal about this in might of the film because of them giving off a white savior vibe and going to Zambia and telling Zambian people what to do
There is a satirical cult movie on Tubi about society and male and female relationship called FART The Movie. The name is misleading. It is very funny and pokes fun at society.
I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson, saw Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, There Wiil be Blood, The Master, Boogie Nights and Phantom Thread all in the theater, something I no longer do. I should note that Aimee Mann's music helped Magnolia a classic. Also a huge fan of hers since the early '80s. Terrific writing and acting.
Thanks Marianna, I agree with you about Close Encounters. I did indeed see it on a very big screen the night it opened. And what's even better I didn't know anything about it. So yeah, the ending was pretty mind blowing. But upon rewatching it a few years back I felt '70's-ness' of the dialogue. But it was good to see François Truffaut in an American film. Also I watched the first season of Stranger Things a few years, never watched seasons 2 & 3 because of the iffy reviews. But then people were acting much differently about this season.... so I ploughed my way through it to get to season four. I'm so glad I did. My feeling was that by season three they were mining the worst vein of 80's nostalgia. Having lived very consciously through that decade, I must say at the time, after the seriousness of the 60s, and the insanity of the 70s (Oh! But that's when I fist connected with cinema!) the 80s seemed like a cheesy dumpster fire by comparison. And surface level 80s just seemed superficial. (But interestingly in America Kate Bush was more underground culture to us.) And underground culture was what was fascinating. (Nick Cave was underground culture then. But also so many different music movements. Oh yes, most important! Tarkovsky was deeply buried then. But I was there for the first run showings of Stalker, Nostalghia, & The Sacrifice.) But it is curious how long we have ridden the 80's nostalgia train. And I can only compare it to way 60s, 70s and 80s people romanticized the 1950s. And I think that one of the strengths of season 4 was that they didn't play the silly 80's nostalgia game the same way. Bullet Train coming up soon. Can't wait for your take.
Thank you Mariana , im gonna check out some movies there on you list especially since i'm a horror fan Here's my list for the month of July : Hustle Basic Instinct Thoroughbreds Im your Man Decision to Leave Spiderhead Bullet Train The Man from Toronto Thor : Love and Thunder Babysitter 2022 The Sadness The Night Of The 12th The Gray Man Evil Dead 2 Morbius DC League of Super Pets Not Okay Employee of The month Notorious 1946 Mastemah Uman : The Perfect Man
I dont get the dislike for Stranger Things 3. I absolutely loved the "fun"/relaxed take on it. I do agree 4 is the best hands down. I know exactly why you are salty about Stranger Things S4, and i agree lol. The Lure was great! Didnt think i would enjoy it as much i did. Hatching is on my watchlist, keen to check it out. X is up there for my favourite horror of the year -- that and the black phone
I dont think the problem with crawdads is that it was a romance. I wouldnt say it is even a romance. It is a bunch of things: a biology textbook, a courtroom drama, a murder mystery, a little bit of to kill a mocking bird. I like a good romance, but I found the romance in this movie to be very shallow. A lot of it wasnt even very romantic in my view. The book was well written in its descriptions of nature, but the plot was unbelievable and there was very little character development, which is something you usually see with romances.
the way you spoke about Magnolia so passionately and so authentically is something I'm absolutely here for. I know you've done it for other movies/shows but it's an old (great) film that many might have assumed you'd seen. You can see in your face and through your words just how much film means to you IN this review alone. Your passion is what makes a community come together because we share that expressiveness, whatever the film. Beautiful to see.
One of your liveliest videos in awhile, I was totally engaged the whole time. You have a great sense of humor and some hilarious expressions when you seem more relaxed. I mean your videos are always great, but sometimes they just *pop* if you know what I mean. I feel like you’re in the living room and we’re just chatting about films over a glass of wine and chuckling about the absurdity of it all. Maybe it’s just me, lol. I love that you watched The Host again, I think I need to rewatch that now. Definitely a unique “creature feature” and the social commentary is still totally relevant. Also the Crawdads need to pipe down and go to sleep because that book/movie really sucks. It’s just tropes woven together for (I feel) a gaggle of middle aged women who read the same schlock-as-literature every month in their book clubs in the time honored tradition of 50 Shades or Twilight. It’s worse than 6/10, you’re too nice. Lastly, we need to talk Stranger Things 4. It kicked so much ass! It did get off to a shaky start I thought with some of the plot lines - I think the town of Kyrzran might be fictional? But yeah the Камча́тская о́бласть gulag stuff was cringe; the California stuff was equally cliché and unnecessary (as was the road trip to Utah 😴 of all places), but thankfully the show didn’t linger there too long and got back to the shizz going down in Hawkins pretty often. I dunno, they had the budget and runtime to explore separating everyone and scattering them to different locations but I don’t feel like all that effort really paid off. The danger was in Hawkins, the interesting stuff happened in Hawkins, Hawkins Hawkins Hawkins. Vecna was a great villain and Jamie Bower did such a great job portraying him, especially as Henry/001 when he was creepy but _amazingly charming_ during his time supervising the kids (in Eleven’s recovered memory). They really nailed the casting there, as well as Joe Quinn as Eddie (nuff said). The continuing development of Max, Robin, Steve, Nancy, Lucas et al was so necessary too, although it felt like Mike, Will (except for his identity crisis), and especially Jonathan were almost ignored. I’m assuming Will is going to have a major role in Season 5, but sticking Jonathan with Argyle and making them stoners was just kind of a lazy way of not dealing with the Jonathan-Nancy-Steve thing for a whole season. Argyle was fun, but it was a case of “too many genres in one series” I think on the whole. THAT SAID, the way the Duffers did manage to pull everything together in the final few episodes and really deliver a big, satisfying (and sad) climax was amazing to watch and you’re right, it did restore my faith after frankly a pretty dull Season 3. It wasn’t as tightly plotted and novel as Season 1 (still my favorite) but then how could it be? They went big and while there were some misses and distractions, the hits really hit hard and the core Vecna, Brenner, Eleven story remained compelling. Did I mention how much I liked Robin, Max, Eddie 🎸, and Henry/001/Vecna? Thanks for the fantastic video and for reading my long ass comment. Have a great week! 💙💛
@@ImpressionBlend Much appreciated! Just a shame certain mainstream media publications don’t feel the same way. Starting series 3 this evening. Large glass of wine at the ready.
Been watching you for a few months now and I love the way you talk about movies. Really love your work. There's an Indian thriller that just scared the hell out of me. 'Raman Raghav 2.0'. Would love to hear from you. ♥️
I watched X a few days ago and I don't know why I took so long to do it. I can't wait for Pearl. Stranger Things... Yes, very upset. I still think about it and watch every reel on insta just to keep crying; so unfair. I wasn't expecting anything from this season and it not only was great but it also hit me in the feels SO hard. Dammit.
Finally was able to watch this video Loved this season of Stranger Things, that ending left me floored I’m so glad you loved Magnolia, its my favorite PTA film
I really loved Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I have seen it many times. I watched it in the theater when I was in high school. I was also bored with The Gray Man. Empty spectacle.
Great recs! And having read the book Where The Crawdads Sing, kinda loved the movie. One of those...gives justice to the book type film! Honestly, only watched it for Daisy Edgar-Jones. She was so amazing in Fresh earlier this year & the show Under the Banner of Heaven too was good. In short, will watch anything Daisy is in as she is proving to be a good actor! Wonder if you'd ever watch Normal People?
I am a huge fan of this channel and always curious to find out what your recommendations are. If you want something even weirder than The Lure then check out the French fantasy The Wild Boys. It is on Tubi.
Nah, Us is by far Peele’s weakest film thus far. While well made, well shot, well acted, has an amazing concept, and has a lot of great tension and symbolism, the film is abundant with hit or miss jokes, has the weakest character and story development, and there’s plot holes galore that are impossible to ignore once you start asking questions. Found a lot more to love about Nope personally (as I stated in a comment on your review), though I’ll still admit Get Out remains Peele’s best film.
@@altovelli0883 Yea, except, since you know nothing about my personal life and I'm actually living it, I can tell you that your opinion is baseless and makes no sense. I didn't even hate the film, if you notice the rating, but that's beside the point. I'm glad you loved the movie though!
@@ImpressionBlend I'm always worried when a movie is on vod only because there are quite a few movies that have been on streaming for years and still got no physical release
Nice, another Wrap-Up vid. I just got Hulu a couple of days ago, so will check out Hatching and see what I think. And I'll be seeing Resurrection in theaters this Thursday. I hope it turns out decent for me. I'm soooo excited to see Pearl once it releases. I believe it will deliver.
I watched 9 movies for the first time in July: Thor Love and Thunder (I ended up loving this movie. Can't wait to own it) Nightmare on Elm Street (I don't like much classic horror such as Halloween and Scream, so I was surprised that I ended up enjoying this) First Blood (Rambo) (I was similarly surprised to enjoy this considering this kind of movie doesn't usually work for me) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Pleasantville I know what you did last summer Death on the Nile (2022) (I re- watched Knives Out which got me in mood for another murder mystery, so I check this out and it was okay. Not bad, but not memorable) Heat (I enjoyed it, but it didn't need to be borderline 3 hours.) The Godfather (this movie was juat not for me. It felt way longer than it is and like 3 hours of betrayal and murder to the point I became numb to it. )
