A hyper-stylized, psychedelic, energy-galvanized homage to black culture loaded with passion, war-meditation, & bold social/political commentary juxtaposed with a final Chadwick Boseman act: one of the best Spike Lee joints since DTRT. 8.9/10.
[category:actionadventure/periodhistorical/war/survival,date:2020-03-02,rate:8.9,type:movies]
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Category: War
1917
An immersive technical masterstroke impossibly (and groundbreakingly) filmed in one singular continuous shot that could change filmmaking history – stunningly ~wasted by a *shockingly*-soporific plot, opening act, and cast ensemble. 7.1/10.
[category:drama/war/experimental,date:2019-05-20,rate:7.1,type:movies]
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Godzilla: King Of The Monsters (2019)
A kaiju masterstroke with Biblical awe, some of the most jaw-dropping battle sequences & epic cinematography ever put to film, a booming thunderous score, and surprisingly-human tale: An experience you have to see to believe. 8.7/10.
[category:actionadventure/kaiju/science-fiction/apocalyptica/war,date:2019-10-02,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
The end of an era, A.E.: a mixed finale to The Infinity Saga; not-dark-enough tone & franchise blockbuster retcon of ~any stakes/casualties, but epic scale, mjr fandom service, gravitas, one of craziest final act experiences in blockbuster history. 7.5/10.
[category:actionadventure/comic-book-movies-tv/science-fiction/time-travel/war/apocalyptica,date:2019-09-27,rate:8,type:movies]
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The Revenant (2015)
Though it finally got DiCaprio his [long-overdue] Best Actor Oscar amidst powerful natural landscapes, Iñàrritu’s grisly historical western revenge survival-thriller is a heavy, punishing, graceless experience of pure excruciation in a war/blizzard. 5/10.
[category:western/survival/war/actionadventure/periodhistorical,date:2015-10-02,rate:5,type:movies]
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Overlord (2018)
Starkly beautiful in technically-impressive camerawork with grungy vintage-filtered cinematography and bludgeoningly fast war-revisionist zombie thrills, J.J. Abrams’ new WWII thriller is one of the best zombie films in over a decade. 8.8/10.
[category:horror/war/science-fiction,date:2018-05-03,rate:8.8,type:movies]
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Dunkirk (2017)
A brilliantly-paced, powerfully-acted, gorgeously-cinematographed ticking-time bomb as metaphorical as its visceral Zimmer score, Nolan’s realism-grounded WWII-flick is a harrowing cerulean masterpiece on war’s little moments. 9.3/10.
[category:drama/periodhistorical/actionadventure/war,date:2017-09-27,rate:9.3,type:movies]
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Band Of Brothers (2001)
The Greatest War Project Of All-Time, B.O.B. is an oeuvre of blood-soaked guerrilla poetry, bravery, compassion, ordinary heroicism, & brotherhood – deconstructing & painting w. jaw-drop realism; experience like nothing else in history of TV. 10/10.
[category:all-time-favorites/drama/documentary/periodhistorical/actionadventure,date:2001-04-17,rate:10,type:tvshows]
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The Patriot (2000)
Though ~often melodramatic & at-times counterfeited, a blockbusteresque, epic reconceptualization of the blood-soaked fight for freedom & founding of America – w. historically-accurate war scenes, periodisms, deliverance performances. 7.9/10.
[category:actionadventure/war/periodhistorical,date:2000-01-30,rate:7.9,type:movies]
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World War Z
Brutally fast-paced with epic-scale zombie scenes, but cacophonous & as scattered as its chaotic subject matter, WWZ is an action movie with moments but not nearly ~enough backstory, development, or investable non-Brad Pitt characters. 3.7/10.
[category:actionadventure/horror/science-fiction/war/kaiju,date:2016-07-02,rate:3.7,type:movies]
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