johno1992 Reviews

Civil War (2024)

Be realistic people

[8/10 · 9 April 2024]

Think everyone expected a typical war film. This is Alex Garland, when has he ever delivered a typical anything the man gives you a played out trope and flips it on its head. At the core of this film is humanity, he does a job not only showing you attrocites of war that happen all over the role but the backdrop is our own backyard and us. He holds the mirror up to us and makes us face those uncomfortable possibilities and scenarios. The added photography real delivers the message. Is their any form of "story" that people keep complaining about? Absolutely, but you'd be foolish not to see or notice it. The slow disensitization of one character in particular while trying ever bit to hold onto her humanity is what really got me. Movie stays with you long after and show your that living in a country where we are suppose to understand each other regardless of your differences instead of reaching this extremism were saying play out in our country begs the question Are we no different then those said enemies we had back in the middle east? Or Vietnam?

Hope this film opens up people to those questions because if you are their for just mindless action film fun. Go watch Rambo 3.

Mother! (2017)

Whoa

[9/10 · 2 October 2022]

This movie has bothered me for better or worse. I understand completely that it is a metaphor and unlike most reviews here who for some reason can't fathom watching a movie outside of there moral compass without finding every reason to be deeply offended ( it's cinema grow up!) I found too movie to be effective. Yes the reality is, it's a hyper-violent film, yes the film doesn't try to explain much but rather show you that fanaticism in any religion can be detrimental to humanity as we've seen time and time again. Just watch the movie, and take what you can from it. Plain and simple. Your going to love hating this film.

The Bear (2022– )

What a show

[10/10 · 14 July 2022]

The tempo, the way it keeps you engaged throughout. You don't learn too much about these characters except for carmy but you can see and feel for them so easily. The ending of it has me clapping, rooting them on.

I NEED SEASON 2.