Blade Runner 2049 - holy shit/10. Great. Epic. How this didn't slay at the box office reinforces my view that people are idiots and we've become a society of instant gratification.
I, Tonya 8.5/10
Based on archival interviews and other accounts from the main people involved, this movie is essentially a dark comedy that would feel like fiction if we all didn't know it actually happened.
The best part about this film is that it tells three stories. The first is a biography of Tonya Harding herself, the second gives us a better insight to the circumstances surrounding "the incident", and the third shows us the genesis of what the mainstream news has morphed into today. It is easy to forget that the Tonya Harding story was one of the earliest fascinations of the 24 hour news cycle and was only shadowed shortly after by the OJ Simpson drama that turned journalism into sensationalism.
The film is told in a pretty straightforward fashion interspersed with with recreations of interviews and 4th wall breaking interjections from the characters. Margot Robbie and Sebastian Stan shine as Tonya Harding and Jeff Gilooly, and Allison Janney nearly steals the show as Harding's mother. The film plays like an early Cohen brothers movie as it portrays normal people getting in way over their heads, but it also carries some emotional weight near the end that wraps everything up nicely.
If you liked films like Fargo or The Big Short, this movie will be right up your alley.
This is why genre films like superhero movies are so important to studios. They need the Star Wars and Batman flicks which draw in multiple viewings from younger people to keep them afloat to release movies like Blade Runner, Dunkirk, and others which are more experimental. I just really like going to the movies and I will see all types, but it was stuff like Star Wars and Indiana Jones that solidified that for me when I was younger.
Ive seen The Crow, Revenge of the Sith, and Godzilla 2014 twice in the theaters. Oh, and the last 2 Harry Potter movies i saw twice in the theaters.
What have I seen twice in theaters? Fury Road. I think that's it. I'd see it a third time, I want to catch the B&W version.
I'd see Blade Runner a 2d time, too.
Originally Posted by Sting
I probably couldn't count the movies I've seen twice in the theater. I think my max is 3 though.
I think I saw The Dark Knight 3 times. And I think I saw Black Swan 3 times. I wanna say I saw it least twice in one day too.
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