Wow, that was even better on rewatch and boy am I pumped for Part 2!
It was everything they said it would be and then some! Supreme spectacle with otherworldly intensity. Fan first was an experience I’ll never forget. A film for the ages. Long live the fighters!
"Lead them to paradise."
So epic! A proper sequel to the masterpiece that is the first one, Dune: Part Two is everything I wanted and more. The scale and the stakes are much bigger. It really benefits from the world-building and character roots previously established in the first and makes everything bloom. The themes (and at times criticisms) on religion and politics felt so refreshing for a sci-fi movie. It's pretty thought-provoking in that sense. The story had me captivated and invested. It still has it's slow moments but the action sequences are perfectly placed and the payoff in the third act is so worth it.
The biggest praise I could give it is the character arcs and evolution. Paul's evolution here is so fascinating, we basically watch a boy become a man. At the beginning of the movie you fear for his life but by the second half he's the one to fear, emanating confidence. Timothée Chalamet absolutely owned it. Austin Butler is the perfect villain, so unpredictable and violent. I love Jessica's character arc but it felt rushed at times, like she changed too much in between some scenes. The Reverend Mother is so badass, i'm always secretly rooting for her for some reason (the "silence" moment was perfection).
I wasn't expecting the amount of action we got, compared to the first there's a lot. The action and set pieces are so memorable. The worm riding scene was the best moment of the entire movie, I felt so alive with all the special effects and the sound design and the vibrations it's like I was riding it myself. Epic third act battle and hand-to-hand knife scene (although it isn't top tier combat compared to a lot of action movies but the editing and camerawork made it look flawless). They did skip some action in the third act that I wanted to see more of though.
God tier cinematography. I thought there was no way it could look better than the first but they somehow managed to make it look even better in this one. Loved the color grading and the way the sand moves, flawless. The most visually stunning sequence was the black and white one introducing Austin Butler's character. Epic sound design.
I keep trying to pick a favorite between Part One and Part Two and I don't think it's going to happen... they're equal. Overall an excellent sequel. Can't wait to see what's in store for Part Three.
I recently had a nostalgic experience that I wanted to share. I rewatched 'Scooby-Doo 2002', a movie that holds a special place in my childhood.
Although I hadn't seen it for a while and couldn't remember every detail, watching it again brought back a surge of memories. As a kid, I owned a copy of this movie, but somehow, over the years, I seem to have misplaced it.
Despite not having the original DVD anymore, it was truly wonderful to take a trip down memory lane and relive those moments. The only regret is, I have no idea what happened to my DVD of this cherished film.
mentally i'm at spooky island getting my soul stolen
I bought the pack of dvd which contains 3 of the movies in the scooby doo series, this was my childhood, I used to watch it all the time. Definetely a solid 9/10.
Check your brain at the door and let the Ramboian-John-Wick action sweep you away for 120 minutes. Call of Duty on film, Extraction 2 loses some of the tight-knit focus of the first film, but makes up by delivering some absolutely awe-inspiring set pieces that seem to just go and go. Sure the cuts and transitions between shots aren't as clean as the original, but the pure size and scale of these action segments is impressive and more than make up for the lack of shine. As much buzz as the prison escape will get from tabloids and film mags, I thought the train sequence was one of the best end-to-end action sequences I've seen for a long time. I thought the top-down oner from John Wick 4 would hold that title for the foreseeable future but here we are not a few months later, with a Netflix movie taking the crown. While we're comparing to Keanu, I think I prefer Extraction and its sequel now because it knows exactly what it is. There isn't silly lore about the table and consecrated grounds and Bulgarian crime rings that can give you immunity or favours etc etc etc; it's just an over the top action reel with a bit of family drama to tie it all together. Fantastic action movie, I hope they can cap this off with one final entry.
I don't care if it isn't a real one shot, THAT scene was absolutely insane.
Are we supposed to ignore the fact that Indiana Jones was 25/26 when he had an affair with Marion when she was 15/16? And she had a falling out with her dad afterwards?
She even says that in movie during her introduction scene in Nepal "I was a child, I was in love. It was wrong and you knew it"
And Jones doesn't even admit that he was WRONG for doing that. "I never meant to hurt you" and "YOU KNEW WHAT YOU WERE DOING" SERIOUSLY?! (After a little research, I actually found out there was a transcript between Lucas and Spielberg where they wanted her to be 12 and Jones 25. They changed her age to 15 later. Wow, so this was VERY intentional.)
Indiana Jones is a creep, nothing more than that. I don't care if this movie is the best adventure, treasure hunter movie or whatever. He is a pedo and nothing is gonna fix that.
You don't believe me? I recommend reading this:
https://www.polygon.com/2015/8/3/9089181/indiana-jones-abusive-creep
The writing of the first act alone and the confusion over the protagonist was magnificent to me. I had an absolute blast in the theater with this one.
Interesting movie in the beginning but then it becomes a continuous struggle to understand the plot, very charismatic with surreal but engaging scenes, it starts slowly and in the middle of the film it becomes a bit of a mess.
Nothing special, I had better expectations but it turned out to be an anime that could have given more...
