Finally, we have an answer to one of the biggest mysteries, the biggest unanswered question of The Last Duel - where did all the accents go?
But seriously, I didn't know what to expect from this movie. The reception of the film has been polarizing to say the least, with some loving it and others hating it or being completely indifferent. Ultimately, it depends on how you approach the film. Those looking for high drama, such as The Godfather or…
As the tweets which led Gunn to join DC have demonstrated, James is a person who can stir controversy and divide audiences. Rather than changing drastically, his time in Guardians of the Galaxy was more like a hiatus or a pause. I'm not saying James Gunn is still the same person he was 10 years ago, but once he is allowed full rein to his imagination, some people will be disenchanted. Recently, I have observed that certain people suddenly had…
Coming into this movie, I was cautiously optimistic. The trailers promised me something interesting and I’ve dug the franchise as a whole, but the CGI looked kinda off.
And I guess I would start with that? Look, the design itself looked very realistic, and I really liked the more human fractions in Noa and the youngsters faces. It also, in a subtle way, sticks to the whole thing with monkeys sort of evolving into more human-looking, if that makes sense?…
Better than Manic Cop (I haven’t seen Manic Cop).
Also, those eyebrows!!!
But seriously, this was such a blast. It blends some great martial arts stuff with some really great humor (both physical and jokes) with the supernatural stuff. Basically, if I’m not mistaken, you got some cops going after some woman who’s using voodoo or witchcraft and possessing both living and dead people to carry out her plan, all while a group of cops try to stop her, which…
One thing that becomes very clear from the very opening is how the Latino representation here is not some cheap tokenism, but like Black Panther and the Afro-American culture, the Latino culture is in this film's DNA from the heavy Span-glish writing, it’s icono and its geography. It’s even on the soundtrack, with the theme song being this hybrid of your average superhero epic score with some subtle Reggaeton beats.
The performances are very good. I’ve liked Xolo since discovering…
Wasn’t expecting any meta reference at only like 10 minutes of the film. They think I’d not notice it!
So I believe, as I said in my The Fall Guy review, I watched that one over this one and was going to get around to it eventually, which obviously I did. However, I’ve been sorta prepping up by listening to the Trent/Reznor score for a while, with the opening track and “Match Point” being my fave. And while on its…
