Almost everything I want to say about this movie, I can't say at the risk of sounding overly cliché. But all those things people say about how immersive this movie is... It's true. People saying how good the cinematography is... Uh, yeah, it's Roger Deakins. Of course it's going to look gorgeous.
There are three things I was most impressed by, though:
I pride myself in being able to figure out when a movie uses something to hide a cut in order to make a shot seem like it was done in one take. Starting out, I thought I'd make a game of pointing out all the hidden cuts I could find. I actually found very few of them, partially because they did an excellent job of hiding them, but mostly because I became so engaged with the movie that I stopped paying that any attention.
The blocking is masterfully done! The way we constantly see the camera move from in front of actors to behind them matches perfectly with what the scene requires, and paces each scene very well. It makes me wonder just how this was shot to make it flow so smoothly together.
It's difficult to think about just how much gets lost from cutting thousands of times in a movie until you see 1917. I'm not saying every movie should be made like this one, but I don't think this movie would have worked nearly as well if it had been edited normally. Every frame is brimming with detail, and it manages to always have the camera at the right angle looking at the right thing. The cinematography is perfect, essentially.
I so, so, so wish I saw this movie in theaters instead of brushing it aside as an artsy gimmick in a genre film with which I'm not well acquainted. It doesn't matter if you like war movies or not, if you like movies at all, you'll be sure to enjoy 1917.
Once again the most interesting part of this whole fucking show is the stuff that gets the least amount of time. I could not care less about the sitcom shtick and I wish they would stop ripping off other shows when it serves little purpose except to make this all ridiculous when it could've been so much better.
In the movie Far From Heaven, you get this practically picturesque town and home life of a housewife in Connecticut. It's gorgeous and full of colors and 50s/60s "retro", what have you. It looks so perfect and lovely yet hides all sorts of ugliness underneath the perfect veneer of "All American Dream". Imagine that kind of set up but with horror and mindfuckery and that could've been THIS FUCKING SHOW.
Each episode continues to disappoint.
Each episode shows me how this would have been better served in a binge-watch (if they ever fucking do anything with the reveal).
Each episode annoys me with a pointless, obnoxious laugh track.
And each episode has me not giving a single damn about this couple or buying into any of their "chemistry" or love. This relationship was developed completely offscreen, and now I'm just supposed to believe they are some shining example of True Love because Marvel clearly wants Young Avengers? Nope. Not happening. I demand better writing and pacing, thank you.
Olsen and Bettany are very talented and capable actors in other projects but here, I can't buy anything between them.
The pacing is just painful and not at all suspenseful. There's tension and then there's annoying the shit out of your audience. This show is the latter.
This show continues to be the epitome of "my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined".
This show shouldn't be allowed to use the Marvel Studios intro.
This is something different. Scarlett Witch is one of my preferred MCU characters since she showed up in Age of Ultron but this show has nothing to do with it. I know in this episode there is some reference to AoU and his brother but it is taking too much time to get there. Elizabeth's acting is extraordinary but I don't like the path phase four is taking. If upcoming Loki, She Hulk and The Falcon and the Winter soldier will follow the same path of this show, differing from canon we are used to, I think it will not be good for future Marvel Cinematic Universe Films.
This kind of experimenting can bring to you (Disney) new audience but I can assure that you are really getting upset old and loyal fans. You should evaluate if the new audience will end up in cinemas paying to watch movies or will pay extra for them on Disney+ (as you already did with Mulan).
Three episodes to show that we are in some kind simulation is not tolerable.
From me this is the third 1/10 in a row. Probably it's time to give up the show and read the plot sometime on Wikipedia.
Well, that was one major clusterfuck of a raid! They did get away with it, but everything ended up going pear-shaped and tits up, in the very end. One less character for season two? Luckily (for me), the one who got shot was my least favourite character of the whole gang. But there's no way his death (if he ends up, indeed, being dead) won't affect everyone else.
Anyway, that ending was very, very frustrating (after they've all managed to get out of the fucked up raid alive), but it provided for an itching cliffhanger.
This was the most gruesome episode of the season. Those redneck hillbillies sure put on a fight! We had blood everywhere, body chunks flying around and even a head melting like butter in the sun. There was something in there for everyone! Disturbing, yet pretty to watch.
One last shout-out, again, for this show's soundtrack. Not only does it evoke the '80s in perfection, they even managed to get some kick ass alternative tunes from back then (fitting the more underground tone of the show just nicely), instead of resorting to the usual top 40 hits like other shows do.
Not sure if there'll be a second season, but I'm rooting for it. This show seems to be flying under the radar (which sucks for renewals), but it's very good at what it's doing. Can't wait for more Deadly Class!
