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The Batman 2022
matt reeve's the batman is overly long, unoriginal, uninspired, uninteresting, ideologically incoherent, inessential. if you've been paying close attention to all the big studio films of the last ten, twenty, thirty years none of this really should come as a shock. i'm disappointed. i was hoping this might be good. now i feel like a fool for getting my hopes up.
i think the worst part for me, looking past the bloated runtime or the fascism, is just how unnecessary…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
a definite improvement aesthetically. a lot more stuff that is weird, cool, and interesting, which should be a base level expectation for an adaptation of dune.
the harkonnen planet and culture stands out especially. hr gieger death cult. strange, alien, genuinely frightening. it's a shame it couldn't all be on that level. in comparison, arrakis and the fremen culture is still quite ordinary. i imagine the sietches cities in giant caverns, but here they're like four little rooms, and for…