Thematically, it covers deviance, corruption among the high society, sex, fantasy so on and so forth, and yet it’s so cold. This is a reoccurring criticism amongst Kubrick as a filmmaker. Namely, he is cold, detached, misanthropic and and disconnected, and this all manifests in his work. I simply c...

I watched this last week. What a smugly ironic, self-aware piece of shit. You can't just throw a bunch of 80s cliches together and assume that it will work as a film. I'm so glad that this schmuck didn't get his full budget. 2/10 at best. I'd say half the films you post about are smug. Hardly. Vade...

Women aren't as strong as men. How does this substantiate your assertion? The very notion of any society valuing or espousing strength, is, of itself, a social construct. Men aren't as good with children, when compared to women. These roles are pre-defined. There is absolutely no empirical evidence...

It's not at all a social construct. I vehemently disagree with this. Yes, biologically, men and women are different, this we know of, and it's patently indisputable. However, everything else is absolutely a social construction. Using gender and race to organise a society is, at its fundamental core...

Well, when people decide to make their own edits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjsOZDjnJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWrRPohom3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pg6WyM7Teo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVq_4BA5DQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Scy337yn8g https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

It's clear that something needs to change. I agree. There needs to be profound, radical change within our existing economic systems. To put it bluntly, the tenets of neoliberalism espoused by most governments are simply not working. Neoliberalism, itself , is simply not working, unless you're in a ...

A majority of films presented in 3D are not even shot with 3D stereoscopic cameras. They're processed for 3D conversion in post, which obviously indicates its gimmicky and commercial purpose. I ardently disagree with this, and will simply refuse to watch any film presented in the format. Now, if mor...

I'm leaving this as my avatar for the day.

This is a truly exemplifying and salient example of how freedom of speech is becoming victim to increasing institutional coercion and oppression. Sure, this may seem ostensibly 'harmless' now, but the implications are perturbing and clear. Britain, Australia, and the United States have a truly anti-...

During the Cold War, the ostensible and frankly existential threat of communism was often used to advance unconstitutional policy at home and justify draconian and tyrannical actions aboard. This we know of. Now, replace 'Cold War' with 'the age of terrorism' and 'communism' with 'terrorism' and tel...

It's very, very, very refreshing to see a unique, personal, highly stylised and thematically concentrated action film that doesn't feel like some hackneyed rehash of inferior products. In an age of insipid franchise films, this is as good as it gets. One of the most technically accomplished films of...

I just think we all need to step back and see this from a viewpoint that is not clouded with our own biases. I think that's inherently the problem though. We can be as empathetic and understanding as we can be, and still never truly know what it's like to be in someone else shoes. Our viewpoints ar...

^But politics are extremely interwoven with this issue. It's the political structure we have in place that prevents any meaningful change from ever occurring. Yes, absolutely. Racism is an extremely contentious issue, but in order to get to the fundamental roots of it, we must defamiliarise the fam...

The film might not try to do anything particularly new or unique in terms of its cinematography, but there's no doubt in my mind that the main focus of the film was its cinematography. Having seen all of Refn's previous efforts leading up to Drive and having read a lot about his own personal philos...

I've never understood this criticism. I agree that the work is impressive from a photographic standpoint, but the cinematography isn't really all that overtly stylised or intrusive to the narrative. It's actually a fairly conventional technical work, strictly from the frameworks of framing, composit...

Drive - 5/10 The reviews for this movie consisted of people saying, "I expected an action movie and got an artsy movie." So I went into it expecting a slow but visually satisfying film. But I didn't even get that. Nothing stood out to me in terms of direction. The cinematography was defin...

unless the USA tries to push an agenda of peace instead of continuing to kick the hornet's nest. Unfortunately, I can not see this happening. In fact, if you examine the origins of these radical extremist groups, a lot of it does, indeed, derive from US activity in Western Asia, albeit indirectly. ...