Last few watches:
Arctic: Its fine, Mads is good, works as a solid survival film.
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum: Fuckin' rules. The action sequences are so well choreographed and intense, its gorgeous and visceral and god damn is it loud. They're all great films, this one has more doggos in it, they feel like finding an oasis among the desert of regular American action films.
Her Smell: Absolutely rips. And spits and kicks and generally jabs at open nerves until you're a stressed out, exhausted mess. Moss is astonishing, one of the biggest, nastiest, most engrossing performances of recent years. Her presence is so strong you actively feel a weight lifted when she's offscreen. It's like being attacked by a shark, managing to briefly catch your breath before it returns to drag you down again.
It's so good. So intense and moody, I can't wait to revisit it. One of my favourites of the year.
Aladdin (2019): Unforgivably bland. Its annoying it isnt worse, because that would imply that somewhere along the way it was at least trying to be a piece of art, and not a coldly calculated formula digitally created on screen to sell you back your nostalgia for the original animated film. It made me rethink my opinion on Dumbo '19 because at least Burton was trying something there, what we get here is a pale imitation of the 1992 film, following it so closely all it does is remind you that you could be watching a far more entertaining, dynamic film. I am on my knees, Disney, please stop this.
