Hamnet: Jessie Buckley is simply great, & beats as the heart of the movie.
I didn't hate the Shakespeare guy (who shares responsibility for Gladiator II!)
The whole thing is - seems intended to be - an emotional rollercoaster. At times it veers toward the mawkish or melodramatic. bbb tricks & telegraphy bbb Buckley dissipates this, maintaining
28 Years Later - Bone Temple: I rather liked it... Jude not so much!
What happens when people become the monsters? & the monsters more human?
Jimmy & his fingers are all kinda culty, Mansonesque even: debased in
blind obedience, unquestioning belief, messianic acceptance, greed, & violence!
The movie has rather a lot to say about the fkd up world we currently inhabit, no?
Humanity can begin to rise again... care, intellect, & morality reassert!
Fiennes carries the load, but good performances abound - O'Connell having the
best time, Clockwork-Orange-styley! The big lad, Samson, was a big part!
Graphic gore, levity, & hope... a definite step toward the next one wi'Cillian back.
Sentimental Value: a beautiful ensemble piece, & great performances abound.b
No Other Choice: wonderful movie, starts out as a Kind Hearts & Coronets black comedy as a guy is blind-sided by redundancy, but becomes other things: an elegiac take on the threats & relationships in a despairing middle class family; a reflection on individual/society strained by technology, consumption, envy, & exclusion; a very Korean satire, that leads us humorously, but inexorably, to a dystopian now! Lee Byung-hun & Son Ye-jin brilliantly lead the film as Man-soo & Miri Yoo, a less than moral couple who one for roots throughout. The corrosive impact of competition, humiliation, & 'failure' in modern life stalks the narrative: to strive with honest effort & loyalty garners no reward; the permanence of hearth & home being potentially revoked by unseen bureaucracy. Yoo Man-soo ain't no Louis d'Ascoyne Mazzini, two murders are a bit shit, another he doesn't even manage - the bloke's wife does the dirty deed! The supporting cast are uniformly great - the kids, Si-one & Ri-one, deserving special mention. Cinematography, score, pace & wit of direction, drive the hugely engaging 2+hrs. Modern life is cruel & uncaring!
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