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Dead End (2003)
Actually had to look it up if this was meant to be a parody
I'm not the type of person to say a movie is stupid because the characters are stupid, people in desperate situations do stupid things, it's fine.
This was just stupid writing, the characters are completely non-sensical and the way they emotionally react to things is just comical. You might think he did on purpose for a certain reason you'll see in the end, but it all comes clear how incompetent this person is when you see the "jumpscares", here's an example:
A certain character sees an animal skull hanging on a wall.
Now, you might be thinking that's the jumpscare, she was in the dark and suddenly saw that and got scared, right?
No, she looked at the skull, touched it, held it and then... BOOM!!
She just dropped it.
Cliche ending btw, this movie offered nothing of worth.
La luna (1979)
a story through the lenses of an autistic person
Very interesting take on how people interact and how they act,
Picture a scene like this: Rachel figures out Batman was Bruce Wayne all along, so she get's very angry and tries to make Bruce admit he's Batman. In the middle of the altercation she realizes she doesn't like the color of the curtains and tells the handyman to take it off, the handyman get's pissed off and leaves mumbling to himself, we have to watch him all the way out of the house carrying the curtains. She just goes back trying to make Bruce admit he's batman like nothing happened.
Now imagine this type of writing for 2 hours, it really makes you empathize with the main character, I wouldn't be able to live like this either.
No one in their right mind could write this except a genius, brilliant,
Mad God (2021)
Guernica meets stop motion
A real trip of the absoute bizarre and macabre, the only logical way to truly express the horrors of war and the madness of totalitarism.
There's no escape in the world of Mad God, there is no redemption, even the brief moments of relief and beauty are soon destroyed by the malice of men.
A nice hidden gem.
I See You (2019)
Decent movie, would be a good movie if some scenes were cut
This movie has a good plot but it ultimately suffers from the "Get it?!" syndrome. It starts well with a good mystery, and from half of the second act it starts treating you like you're legit dumb, expect multiple scenes explaining what was already heavily implied. And if cuts to flashback aren't enough, they'll even visual clues of objects you constantly see in the screen, the only thing missing was the director screaming "Hey!!! get it?!"
The Unknown (1927)
Beautiful allegory about masculinity and misandry
What a timeless classic by Tod Browning, the performances are overall great(specially by Lon Chaney), the decision of a more expressive style of acting really fits the poetic themes of the movie. It also has great use of light in black and white and a creative use of the soundtrack, for example when he shifts the atmosphere of a scene from light to dark by just slowing down the music. Or when he uses the tick of a clock as the theme to grow expectations over a character's drastic decision.
But the strongest thing about this masterpiece, is trully the allegory.
Analysis of the plot:
The movie is about a female called Nanon who, due to sexual harrasment in the past, has grown to hate men, more specifically their hands. This speaks to the current topic of "toxic masculinity", the hands represent strenght and masculinity, and because of her bad experiences, Nanon mistakes that for something evil.
Alonzo is the only male she doesn't feel repulsiveness, he's an armless man and she sees no threat in him, but like the typical male feminist, he explores this fear in order to prey on Nanon:
"You're wise Nanon. Always fear them... always hate them."
Says Alonzo about men.
And that's not enough, he's also the typical internet white knight:
"And remember, I am always near you... ready to help you."
This reminds me of something we very often see in social media(specially twitter), men who are always expressing their hate towards men and masculinity, to get the attention of feminists.
But just like any other men, he has arms! He's just hiding them like he's hiding his intentions.
I personally prefer more suspense when exposing the feelings of the characters, but the choices by Tod Browning really fit purpose of the movie, which is to show an allegory, and the director does it in an interesting way, we see a devil behind Alonzo, which is pretty cliche, but he does it by showing it in very quick shots, and sometimes the devil barely appears in the dark corners of the screen.
In the other hand(No pun intended), we have Malabar, who's the symbol of pure masculinity, he's a strongman and has no shame in showing his arms, he's a brute with no delicacy, yet he's naive lovable and pure like a child.
He hurts Nanon's feelings more than anything, she loves him, but she can't hide her repulsion for his arms. So Malabar starts to mature and shows care for her feelings, he hides his hands to help her get used to it but when Nanon accidently falls, he can't help but use his hands to save her, in this moment she realizes that men's arms aren't only capable of hurting, they're also capable of protecting and loving.
The allegory doesn't stop there, by pretending so much to be an anti-male, Alonzo starts to even forget who he is(in a pretty funny scene when he essencially facepalms.. with his feet) and becomes desperate at the thought of his real intents being exposed(his hands). So he basically... castrates himself. And hoping that Nanon will now fully accept him, he realizes that she has grown out of her fear of hands and now loves them. This creates a feeling of resentment in Alonzo, and now he is set to destroy masculinity once and for all, by trying to tear off Malabar's arm.
The only thing I didn't like about this movie is that it's a little bit too short.