Visually stunning, but the love story was lacklustre, personally. Just felt like something I'd seen a hundred times before, only this time it was told through beautiful, sober and intense film making, which made for a very interesting viewing experience nevertheless. I like how the film started and ended in the same place - no matter how much they tried to escape, in the end all they had was rural Poland . I also absolutely loved the music and Joanna Kulig's performance. The little insight we're given into Cold War Poland adds texture to the film, and you could say its title is a play on words between the time in which the story is set and the couple's relationship and journey to being happy/together.
7/10
Oh, this was f*cking fabulous.
9/10
This was a pretty simple, straight forward film, nothing that makes you think too much. But it is enjoyable and it carries an important message about male privilege. Glenn Close is brilliant.
8/10
This was.... interesting. It's one of those films that tries to do too much and ends up falling short. It was a bit all over the place for me in terms of not only style, but also storyline and characters. There are some really incredible dialogues, and the connection between the catholic religion and environmental activism was something that I had never thought about before and yet makes so much sense, so that was definitely my favourite part about this film: it touches a subject and a discussion through an original perspective, even if at times it felt a bit propagandistic. The ending sure was something.. not particularly one I liked, though.
8/10
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This film is SO beautiful. Love pours from it and flows through it. It touches on so many important subjects and raises so many questions about what's morally right and wrong. The little kids, Shota and Yuri/Lin are the heart of this film, their mum Yoko is the soul, but every character earned such a special place in my heart, they were all written with so much care and attention and softness. I definitely need to rewatch again because it being spoken in a language I don't understand, even if with the aid of subtitles, there's a lot of meaning that gets lost and this film is particularly filled with it. The last two scenes will stay on my mind for days to come I'm sure of it, and that's when I know a movie should go straight to my favourites list.
9.7/10
This was great. The first act was a bit of a yawn but as soon as it gets to the really important world-changing stuff, the movie really grips you in. I loved the satirical tone of it all, and the self aware after credits scene.
I was so angry all throughout this, so I guess it did its job. I really do hate americans, except maybe Amy Adams.
8/10
this is the softest, purest thing i've ever seen oh my god
8/10
watched this in a film class... i dont really care for old movies, and even the story in this one was uninteresting and unoriginal (for a viewer of the 21st century ofc im sure it had its wonders back when it came out). I mean, Elle Woods literally did this same thing in Legally Blonde.
7/10
Moonlight’s basically my favourite film so I was really looking forward to watching Barry’s second feature and I’m sad it didn’t struck me as intensely as Moonlight did. I think much of it is due to the screenwriting which Barry contributed to but didn’t do by himself in Moonlight, unlike in this film which he wrote all on his own and for me, it was underwhelming. The pace was a bit off and dragged in some parts, but the story was still relevant. Now, what is undeniably Barry’s strong point is the beautiful way he shoots his films, and what i feel will become his signature slow motion close ups. The love story was beautiful, sure, but i feel like the issue the film deals with deserved something more dramatic. But still, I quite liked it.
8/10
That was good! The conflict was interesting, the nod at the autism spectrum was unexpected and it worked quiet well, John's dad was heartwarming. John and Savannah were cute. The "see you soon, then" thing was awful tho hfgfhjgjjj i cringed every time they said it. But still.. i enjoyed myself!
7/10
Please, oh my god, this was so iconic, I can't believe it took me this long to watch it, I totally understand why it's such a classic. Everything from the fashion, to the music, to Cher?? I love Cher so much, she deserves the world, I hope her and Josh are happily married with a cute family right now.
9/10
In all honesty if Natalie's performance had been better, and the music wasn't so awful (like AWFUL @ SIA what is it you doing bb????) this movie would have worked SO well for me. It's just that the darkness of the story has so much potential but i felt like Corbet was afraid to really just go full twisted nightmare, and ended up with a mix of generic story about a pop star and a full on thriller about the pornographic society we live in. Damn it, I really wanted to love this one.
(oh that scene where young Celeste talks about the tunnel in her nightmares THAT'S what the film should have been aaall about... sad)
7/10
Rewatching this after Green Book won an Oscar for Best Picture is very enlightening.
Selma is an incredibly powerful film about an incredibly powerful story that shines the light where light should be shed, that gives voice to those that historically were robbed of it. That tells the story of one of the greatest leaders of our time.
9/10
Right, how many times did Rocky say "you know" during the entire movie? I count about two thousand.
((Nah seriously though, I fell in love with the Creed movies and needed to come and see what the OG was all about, and it didn't disappoint. There are a lot of iconic scenes in this, for sure, even if I thought the story was a bit wild, like that'd ever happen in real life.... but that's what movies are all about, isn't it? Rocky is a great character.))
8/10
YES to women empowerment and YES to Milo Ventimiglia's ass!!!
8/10
This was a nice watch lol things have changed so much
7/10
This is great in the sense that it's very clear and simplifies something so complex in a way that's easy to understand for everybody. Didn't tell me much I didn't know before, but it did have a positive attitude that was surprising.
8/10
I've never seen a film fail the Bedchel test so royally but still, a epic love story, with gorgeous photography and some incredible scenes and dialogue.
8/10
Absolutely love the way this story was told, even if everything that happened after Luke's death was quite predictable. Not enough Ryan Gosling, way too much Bradley Cooper. But that first act is beautiful, and so is the last.
8/10
oh those poor old gays
7/10
im not a big fan of this kree stuff but gosh i love brie SO much and seeing shield and the marvel universe in the 90s was iconic. hope the second instalment will be better!
8/10
I LOVE THEIR LOVE!!!!!!
8/10
this was so freaking cute omg, i wanna be like them when i grow up.
7/10
DC SNAPPED!!!! Man when they do it well, they do it REALLY well. This movie is fucking awesome!!! I might just be fangiriling a little too hard because Aquaman's powers are 100000000%, no doubt about it, the powers i would pick for myself if i could have any. The universe they built underwater literally made me swoon over how gorgeous and dreamy it was, i just wanted to go and live in it for the rest of my days! That scene at the aquarium when Arthur controls the shark??? Idk why but that made me so excited . My only criticism is the outstanding lack of Orcas in this film, but they made up for it by having Mera ride one at the end, like the two majestically beautiful creatures they both are, I squealed.
9/10
What a disappointing ending to one of the greatest stories ever told. The plot in this film is so... weird, it's like it goes nowhere, there's no real evolution and everything - from Vincent becoming Godfather to Mary dying and we not getting to see any revenge and just time jump to old Michael dying - felt rushed, even tho it's a 3 hour long movie. So something clearly didn't work there. The inclusion of the church and the curroption around it felt overly simplified. The only thing that still pulls me in about this is Michael's character, I freaking love him. His desire to be better and his crushing regret about the life he led make his character even more complex and fascinating to get to know. I also loved their return to Sicily, as the scenes spent there always end up being my favourites in any of the films.
8/10
Nahh, i'm mad, this needed at least another 40 minutes of film!! It felt so incomplete, like the fact she gave him personal information about herself never really led anywhere, he never used any of it against her or anything!! I needed a whole third act where she would have gone after him. I also thought Buffalo Bill was more interesting than Lecter as a serial killer, but that's only because we barely got to know anything about Lecter. All in all what's gonna stick with me is Anthony Hopkings' performance for sure.
8/10
EDIT: Lol i didn’t know this had a sequel, hell yes it should!! can’t wait to watch!
i still think this is the cutest, purest love story and them not wanting to go back to "the real world" is honestly the biggest mood.
9/10
8/10
Cute! But honestly there were more scenes of them apart than of them together lmfao
8/10
is this what movies before feminism were like? no thanks!
the only reason i'm giving this a 7 instead of a 6 is because Inigo and Fezzik deserve everything that's good in this world.
7/10
