Dakota99
Bio: I look at things from a critical standpoint (most of the time)
*Known Fast & Furious shill*
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| 6 60% | Snatchers (2019) - Rated 27 Aug 2024
"Snatchers is low grade, B-movie schlock cranked to the max. Its whole screenplay consists of crude self aware teenage humor that is extremely inconsistent in its execution. It’s attempt at layered depth is commendable in some right, but it’s tackiness is so aggressive it drowns out any ability to convey it. The concept itself is its strongest attribute, as it balances between its weird & goofy tonal shifts well enough to sustain an adequate level of cohesion, despite its rushed conclusion."
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| 10 99% | Strange Darling (2024) - Rated 26 Aug 2024
"Strange Darling’s story construction and perspective manipulation is a refreshing and one of the most effective ways to correctly pace a film. Thematically, it doesn’t do much beyond its surface level, but it does leave interesting trails & flares of demoniacal undertones. Fitzgerald/Gallner are absolutely the driving engines of this and this is the best both have ever been. Seemingly, Strange Darling feels artsy in the best ways, without feeling pretentious in a crowded sub-genre of cinema."
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| 7 76% | Blink Twice (2024) - Rated 24 Aug 2024
"Blink Twice’s layers are quite interesting. On a metaphorical level, it’s practically slapping its audience across the face repeatedly with how heavy it conveys itself, almost pandering to a point. However, it’s more dark & unveiling nature is very interesting on a deeper level and does explore more unfortunate and realistic themes of the human experience, and there is where it shows a much stronger sense of itself. It’s just somewhat muddled by its messy screenplay and dull characters."
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| 3 16% | The Crow (2024) - Rated 24 Aug 2024
"The Crow (2024) deviates much from its original predecessor’s flare and roots. Its attempt at a more modern and more accessible audience can be welcoming in theory, but its decision to bite into the Young Adult sub-genre so aggressively leaves it hollow and bland. Whether it’s between the confusing tonal shifts and uneven pacing, this version of the IP fails to establish any sort of identity within its construct, and in turn, kind of just floats lifelessly."
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| 5 42% | Alien: Covenant (2017) - Rated 20 Aug 2024
"Covenant finds itself stuck in the middle of two separate ideas. Its inability to hone in on Promethus and its high concepts due to its inclusion of the Xenomorphs makes for rush exposition & conclusions, ultimately wasting a sizable amount of Prometheus and its potential. It seemingly skips many steps to appease to wider audiences and unfortunately, the Xenomorphs themselves aren’t utilized nearly enough either to make an affective impression either. A great case of a messy storyboard."
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| 6 60% | Alien 3 (1992) - Rated 20 Aug 2024
"As a film, Alien 3 definitely carves out its own identity, just like its predecessors. Its dark & depressing atmosphere is a bit of a departure. Its concept is full of potential and its screenwriting is ballsy & challenging to its lore. It works on an individual level quite well. However, as a direct follow up, Alien 3 does sever so much built in familiarity & good faith by it’s approach to it’s own concept that it’s feel so bizarre & incoherent in this particular time in the franchise."
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| 9 95% | Alien: Romulus (2024) - Rated 20 Aug 2024
"Romulus definitely lives within the fibers of its greatest peaks, more so better, than for worse. Álvarez’s ability to recapture the franchise’s aesthetic and atmosphere is an impressive feat, especially finding a middle ground between Alien & Aliens that’s conceptually and tonally coherent. It also isn’t scared to take chances, and carves a path forward that all fans can realistically get behind. Its pandering might be a little much sometimes, but it’s hard to see how this could be better."
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| 7 76% | The Bikeriders (2024) - Rated 16 Aug 2024
"The Bikeriders feels like a very polished & cohesive system that works so well on the surface. Between its collective performances across the board and its aesthetically pleasing and well crafted execution of its time piece, it’s almost perfect to be honest. However while the surface level is beautiful, the actual movie itself is slightly barebones, leaving a little bit on the floor for a more personal or unique stamp as its influences are kind of blatant. Still, this is a good time."
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| 9 95% | Cuckoo (2024) - Rated 10 Aug 2024
"Cuckoo is in one of rare bubbles that feels like it’s at the mercy of its extremely absurd, high concept double whammy. Fortunately, its pacing allows for such a multi-layer of unveiling that really levels the outlandish nature of its core. It’s eerie and is definitely willing to push boundaries for even horror’s biggest fan. Even with this, it still maintains a lot of awareness for many these aspects, including within its lore. Cuckoo will not be a size fits all, but it’s not afraid of that."
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| 7 76% | Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) - Rated 09 Aug 2024
"FNAF is neither scary or particularly riveting on a personal scale, but where it excels best is within what it’s known best for, and that is it’s animatronics. Its ability to convey a darker tone on a more kid friendly’s approach is something to be applauded. Their production design is quite stellar and really help displays the eerie atmosphere that the games seemingly capture. Narratively there isn’t a lot here, but it does enough to ask the questions about this lore everyone talks about."
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