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Asteroid City (2023)
Existentialist Absurdity City
Asteroid City has been painted with a broad brush to be basic, void of meaning, low characterisation, cold, puppet people filling beautiful worlds, dull, pretentious and self-indulgent. All the usual accusations lobbed at artists such Kubrick and Anderson. Same old knee-jerk reactions we got to 2001 A Space Odyssey etc. Asteroid City is to me like a minor 2001 type film. Seemingly devoid of meaning but it is there if you just look. And hilarious as well. Like TL, DR 'War & Peace' length instructions on how to use a Space Toilet.
Asteroid to me is a riot. One of the funniest films, so quirkily absurd and bizarre but also with a hot take on our place in this world, the nighmare and joke of being, the ridiculous cyclical nature of the US military industrial complex perfected in the 1950s and beyond. The facade of acting and film. The facade of society itself.
"I'm going to go get a breath of fresh air" "Alright, but you won't find it.
Lady Bird (2017)
A naturalistic Coming of Age
My introduction to Greta Gerwig has been recent. Before seeing her brilliant Barbie (2023) film, that straddles indie intelligent dialogue with satirical bite & corporate IP interests in favour of stockowners, I saw her acting and writing effort in the, adapted from novel, 'White Noise' film. This made me interested in further exploring Greta's style.
'Lady Bird' is a marvelous coming of age story, filled with nuance and realistic dialogue. I am very much interested to see what artistic direction Greta Gerwig goes in post-Barbie and hope she keeps the smart, funny dialogue and storytelling style, a mix of sweetness tinged with the pain of existence, for many moons to come. As a fan of great dialogue writing in film, I fully recommend 'Lady Bird'.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Go back to sleep...
I think Thor said it best in the previous film=
"This is farewell and good luck, morons."
The Hero of Color City (2014)
Average film for young children
This film is average baby sitting filler / bargain bin DVD quality in regards to plot. It meets all the criteria to keep preschoolers watching. Don't expect to enjoy it if you're an adult but is harmless enough. The quality of animation is basic but it falls moreso in review due to the basic plot. My kids aged seven,five and three seemed entertained enough by it and I'm not a 30 yr old neckbeard who expects a children's film to also keep adults entertained with subtext and highly developed themes in children's flicks. They are what they are. Pixar quality films like Toy Story 3 are rare for a reason. Good to see Craig Ferguson getting work though.