Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
American ambivalence at its best.
Next up in our William Wyler Filmspotting Marathon. larsenonfilm.com/the-best-years-of-our-lives
Of all the allusions to Vietnam War movies in Kong: Skull Island, the most arresting is the Agent Orange haze that director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and cinematographer Larry Fong layer over much of the imagery, giving a menacingly mythic feel to an endeavor that wants to be both a King Kong flick and a political allegory. Written by Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, and Derek Connolly, Skull Island circles around a number of intriguing ideas—about American arrogance and the post-war military-industrial complex,…
We really didn't need another superhero movie after this.
A few notes on this revisit:
- Pulls no punches on the domestic trauma front. This is about a husband and father's real betrayal. That late-night fight between the parents is uncomfortably true to life.
- "Tonyloaf"
- Elastigirl caught in the series of doors is better than almost any superhero action sequence staged since.
- "I never look back darling. It distracts from the now." (What does this mean for…