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Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Wayyy too long for a movie
The book by David Grann is a 10/10. Unfortunately what made the book so good was that it was a murder mystery, with more and more strange murders occurring culminating with the twist reveal at the end that Hal was the ring leader, Ernest was a part of his plan and Molly had no idea. This isn't a spoiler for the movie as we know this from the beginning.
The movie is more like a classic Scorsese gangster movie. It felt like a large fresco with many things happening to get a feeling of the bigger picture but ended up being a bit of a mess with a weakened emotional impact.
Watching a movie for over 2.5 hours is torture no matter how good it is. This was 3.5 hours!! It seemed like halfway between a tv show and movie, which is not a good thing. So either cut the fat and streamline the story and make a movie or flesh it out a little more and make a tv show. But I am never going to the cinema again to watch a movie that long again.
Portrait de la jeune fille en feu (2019)
Beautifully shot, lesbian heavy, ASMR movie 7.5/10
I'd describe this movie as a beautifully shot, lesbian heavy, ASMR movie. The pace of this movie is very slow, however it works well and is a soothing watch for our busy world. Wasn't really into the lesbian stuff, but it was tastefully filmed so i had no problems with that. The drama in it was light, as in there didn't feel like there was much conflict and left me feeling emotionally underwhelmed. It seemed the scenes of the maid only purpose was to show the hardship of women of the period, the problem was it wasn't tied into the main story at all. Also, something felt unrealistic for the period but i can't put my finger on it. The movie was meticulously shot, each scene like a painting, and the sound minimalistic and intentional (hence the ASMR). The story was average and predictable but with really good dialogue, so it never became difficult to watch. The acting is also very good. This is definitely a good movie, but it's certainly is not one of the greatest movies of all time.