This movie is a parallel/alternate ending to the show Neon Genesis Evangelion that came out after it ended. The plot of the show and movie is really hard to summarize just because of how much information there is to cover. I guess the one thing that you need to know is that the movie covers an apocalypse scenario in which humanity can either exist as one shared consciousness, or continue to live as individuals. This choice is left to a single kid, Shinji Ikari, who decides that he would rather live with the pain and joy that comes from being an individual rather than to lose humanity as a shared consciousness.
This movie is really weird, so much so near the end that it plays out more like an experimental film than anything else. The ways that it portrays shared consciousness vs individuality is really cool, as well as emotional states. This movie also isn't afraid to show gore and violence when necessary, making it have a lot of both basically. One of the best scenes in the movie is at the apocalypse, when everyone begins to merge into the singular consciousness; each person is met by a vision of the person that they love most before exploding into a red liquid known as LCL (this liquid is super hard to explain but it is sometimes described as being like the the "sea of life" or the water that evolution stemmed from). The imagery in this movie is insane is probably what I'm trying to say here. Scenes from the tv show are twisted and darkened in the movie when Shinji tries to reconcile with his own buried emotions and self hate, he remembers things from his past differently and even tries to kill one of his friends in a memory. I think that the main message of this movie is that change starts inside yourself, and even if you choose to make that change it will take time and hard work. Characters: 10/10 shot selection/score: 9/10 plot: 8.5/10 overall enjoyment: 8.5/10 Final rating: 9/10
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This movie is about a guy who everyone thinks is "the messiah" when he is really just a normal guy. He finds himself in more and more inexplicable situations that make more and more people think he really is the messiah. At the end of the movie, the biblical verse where Pilate sentences Jesus to crucifixion is turned on it's head when the crowd (eventually) decides to let Brian free. As a final comedic twist. he ends up getting crucified anyway when the romans let the wrong guy free and all of Brian's friends see his crucifixion as "a noble sacrifice".
I definitely needed to watch a comedy this week after watching Parasite last week, and this one was pretty good. I haven't watched a lot of Monty Python movies, but the ones I have seen all have the same sort of humor. The characters always get into continually bizarre circumstances, humorously comment on present-day issues, and play off of each others personalities and quirks hilariously. The best scene in the movie* is the first time Pilate appears onscreen (with a speech impediment) and mentions his friend "biggus dickus", leading to the soldiers not being able to contain their laughter after Pilate asks them what's so funny about it. I found out later that this scene was actually mostly improvisational, the soldiers were not supposed to laugh at all, but when they did Michael Palin (playing Pilate) dared them to do it again and created the scene how it is in the movie. I liked how this movie subverted your expectations whenever possible, for example; making Brian seem like the messiah, and giving Pilate a speech impediment to name a few. Overall, it was just a really funny movie. Characters: 10/10 Shot selection/score: 6.5/10 plot: 8.5/10 overall enjoyment: 9/10 Final Rating: 8.5 This movie was... uncomfortable. The plot is basically a poor Korean guy gets the opportunity to tutor a young rich girl in English. He accepts, and gets to know the rich girl's family. He and his family devise a plot, and slowly replace all of the staff at the house. They live in relative luxury until they find a hidden secret from the last housekeeper. After that everything falls apart, and their lie and fake lives suddenly blow up in their faces, and everyone else's. If you haven't seen the movie, the ending is kind of expected, but is the last thing that you would want to happen
I had planned to watch this movie for a long time, but something about it just kind of made me want to avoid it. This movie definitely doesn't make you feel pleasant after finishing it, so next week I should probably choose something more lighthearted. If I had to choose a favorite part in this movie it would probably be the sudden downward spiral that ensues as soon as the original housekeeper returns. The entire situation goes from being rather nice almost to uncomfortable and horrifying in less than 10 minutes. I really almost wanted to stop watching because you can just tell that something terrible is going to happen but a can't do anything about it. Something not unpleasant about the film was it's color scheme. There is a kind of greenish tint/color scheme that is kind of unnoticeable at times but really noticeable at others; it just makes everything seem kind of uncomfortable. This is the kind of movie that I want to recommend to people not because I thought that it was amazing (although I can definitely appreciate what it is trying to convey), but because of that notion of "if I saw it, you have to as well" which sounds kind of bad now that I think about it. Characters: 9/10 Shot selection and score: 7.5/10 Plot: 9/10 Overall enjoyment: 4/10 Final rating: 7.375/10 (even the final rating came out to be an uncomfortable number, rather suiting) This movie isn't the type that I would normally watch, but I thought it was good nevertheless. I got the recommendation from a relative who is kind of obsessed with Quentin Tarantino movies, and was surprised that I hadn't seen this one yet. For a basic plot summary, this movie is basically about a bounty hunter and a former slave (Django) who go on a rather dangerous mission to rescue his wife who is enslaved at an extremely dangerous plantation called Candyland; run by a sadistic plantation owner (played by Leonardo DiCaprio).
What makes this movie stand out is the characters. Not only are they all played by well known/famous actors, but their quirks and personalities make for scenes ranging from hilarious to horrifying. This movie is also weird because while watching it there are scenes that seem super serious, but then they totally flip and become humorous . The opposite also happens, when a somewhat lighthearted scene takes a dark turn. I also like how in the begging of the movie, Django is just starting to get used to being a bounty hunter, and Dr.King Shultz (the bounty hunter who took him under his wing) has to show him the ropes. Later in the movie, Django becomes more and more like Shultz, and (SPOILER ALERT) at the end of the move he even uses the exact same methods that Shultz did to evade capture and outwit his enemies. In a way, Django becomes a "new and improved" bounty hunter who surpasses his teacher. This is one of the only movies that I have watched that fits into the weird "really good but not great" category of movies. Probably because I haven't seen anything much like it before. Anyways, here goes the rating: Characters: 10/10 Shot selection and score: 6.5/10 (nothing super memorable) Plot: 7.5/10 Overall enjoyment: 8/10 Final rating: 8/10 |
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