A cinematographical masterpiece & groundbreaking win for artistic freedom over studio-execs w. history-changing power, epic mythological scale, characterization-depth, mix genres, pure blockbuster experience, & greatest villain ever’s lore. 9/10.
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Category: Action/Adventure
Godzilla v. Kong (2021)
The epic kaiju showdown fans have been waiting generations for by magnitude of 21st-Century VFX/CGI, Godzilla v. Kong delivers 10x on its promise jaw-drop battle w. POC-diverse cast, lens prospectus, razor-thin storyline, & bad middle act. 7.5/10.
[category:actionadventure/kaiju,date:2021-03-24,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Though it’s a marketing executive’s dream & the prevalence of IP’s ~overshadows Looney Tunes, ANL: a better film than the original Space Jam – thanks to heartfelt family parable/themes, meta-adventure, villain, CGI, signature LBJ charisma. 8/10.
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Black Widow (2021)
A decade too-late for one of the original [& most forgotten] Avengers.. yet the 4th MCU release in four months, BW is a heavily-clichéd, overactioned, choppily-toned, watered-down spy-thriller with a selling-out Pugh & apocryphal Taskmaster. 4/10.
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Wandavision+ (2021)
The best MCU project & type of avant-garde innovation we’ve craved by Marvel for 10+ years beyond blockbuster formula, WV+: boldly-stylized CBM-mystery/sci-fi/ comedy/romance/horror/fntsy of ignis ftis, phantasmagoria, TV-nostalgia. 9.4/10.
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Army Of The Dead (2021)
A zombie heist film of considerable gore splatterfest action, dystopia, fine Bautista-led performances, and modernized shake-ups of the genre, AOTD takes ZS back to his early filmmaking roots – with the ocularly-stylistic flair since developed. 6.5/10.
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Monster Hunter (2021)
Big monsters x colossal CGI blockbuster action joy quickly fade on this otherwise messy, virtually-unwatchable, contrived, mindless hodgepodge of aesthetics and [~narrativeless] spectacle killing DP/SNC’s 2020 wins for video game movies. 3.7/10
[category:actionadventure/science-fiction/kaiju/fantasy,date:2021-02-20,rate:3.7,type:movies]
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Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
An ignominious prism of avarice, disgrace, IQ-deprived stuntwork, and the now-cringeworthy/heavily-clichéd one-trick-pony theme of ‘family’, F9 continues F8’s legacy in beginning to take a sledgehammer to what Paul Walker & co. built. 2.1/10.
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Cruella (2021)
A Girlboss [PG-13] Joker origin for the devil of dalmations, Cruella’s a wicked 1970’s brew of punk rock aesthetics & fashion with a bold performance by Emma Stone: transgressive of a love/hate discordance, mixedly-realized for demographics. 5/10.
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The Falcon & The Winter Soldier (2021)
A corporatized reversion to Marvel formula and sterile exec. calculations betraying everything WandaVision+ promised in a CBM-innovative/avant-garde future-MCU, FWS: one of the biggest, spirit-breaking franchise retcons – on D-list heroes. 3/10.
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