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For a "Zombie" film this was surprisingly good. That said, I didn't see the last one (whatever that was), the "Bone Temple" is fabulous and if Ralph Fiennes invites you to a rave you should most definitely attend.
Not going to go on about it as really, it's not that sort of movie. Merely entertainment.
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This was excellent. Without giving too much away; the foreshadowing (the dark hole in the woods), the inexplicable trifles assigned a prophetic quality after the fact, a meditation on how we process grief and how while we may feel so alone seldom we are. A film of dark moods and perfect, perhaps more for a winter's night, but I've been behind in my cultural obligations.
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This was interesting. Interesting in that the scenery - locations, were amazing, first rate cinematography. And the costumes, the same, and acting of the little girl, the same.
Where it failed was in substance. Neither an adult nor a kids story, more a self-indulgent look at cinema and Hollywood through Hollywood's own childish eyes. A bit like "Babylon" - a great start that quickly fell off.
That said, if you can ignore the story the visuals are fantastic.
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This was an odd one and I'm not quite sure what prompted me. Starring a young Viggo Mortensen it tracks a young child who's come to believe his neighbour is a vampire.
In the vein of David Lynch, preposterous characters, affected dialogue (and acting), the big winner is the landscape and cinematography - set in 1950's rural Idaho but - in reality filmed in Crossfield outside Calgary. Absolutely stunning.
The rest, well, not so much.
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This was curious and I was surprised I missed it when it originally came out. The premise, the camera follows around the "hero" on various philosophical/intellectual ventures and encounters, and while I suspect it was originally filmed it's then run through various photoshop filters to give it a variety of animation styles that reflect the people he's talking with. So - in a way a "cartoon" with highbrow pretensions, but - despite the various animation styles the add to the premise of the film, not detract from it.
Good, not great.
Anyways, such a thing would probably never be done these days, a "director" would merely feed in a pile of prompts to his/her favourite AI and have such a thing generated, far less work...