Ephemera of Vision
This is my place for ramblings about sequences of images that exploit the human visual limitation know as persistence of vision.
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Is this a secular Left Behind film, where Rapture is COVID, but sanded down of any unwoke bits With real actors, why? Why would you do this, Margaret?
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As an homage to Dolly Parton, working class hero filled with nobless oblige, I saw this film, where her arc is turning into a capitalist, exploiting the labour of others.
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Still the best Indiana Jones film by far, including all the Spielberg ones, Tomb Raider, Uncharted, The Mummy even. Accept no substitutes for Rachel Weisz’s hot librarian, she is bound to make me hot and bothered.
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This is much better than the first one, it tones down the softcore porn elements, but it replaces it with generic action film tropes and bare bones characters. The villain is a generic baddie and the dialog sucks.
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Softcore Porn with an excuse plot based on low-rent conspiratorial James Bond, with just the bare minimum amount of tomb raiding to be considered an Indiana Jones inspiration.
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A nice melodrama with some music tying it up. It’s an effects driven showcase for Audrey II, and it’s a doozy. Taking a quarter from the register and making the phone call is absolutely brilliant. That and the comedic cameos. Worth it for those alone.
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God, this is bad, one of those pointless legacy sequels that promise to change things up, and then the final five minutes reset everything back to the start. It’s not as bad as Psycho, though.
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This is extremely stylish, like Baby Driver, but emotionally hollow. Fighting with ex boyfriends for the hand of a nominally independent woman doesn’t totally gel with the plot, it’s ludo-narrative dissonance.
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It’s not as technically impressive as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, but more than makes up for it with the Lina plot, and the freaking vaudeville. It’s like that initial scene in King Kong, stretched to insanely cool levels.
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A kind of low-rent The Thomas Crown Affair with less chemistry between the leads, probably due to the egregious age difference. Seriously, he’s lusting over her ass crossing the lasers, like he was drooling over his granddaughter.
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Still one of the best children’s movies of the whole bunch, including Pixar stuff. Parental bonuses up the wazoo, funny, poignant, and British. There’a even a Greek choir made of slugs.
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Holy shit, this is even worse than the first one, which was already crap.
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What the fuck is that ending, spooked by The Nun? Hays Code morality strikes again. And the friendzone girl is also evicted from the film unceremoniously.
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This is a beautiful family drama swan, stuck in a body of a mediocre horror duckling.
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Move over, Die Hard, we have a new stupid Christmas film! Move over, Red Dawn, we have a new king of jingoism. Move over, Transformers, we have MORE EXPLOSIONS!
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