When John watches a movie, it’s like there are two of him sitting in the same theater seat. There’s the regular movie-going POPCORN guy who doesn’t think too much about what he’s seeing, and a seeker and connoisseur of SERIOUS CINEMA.
CINEMA: Tonight's cinematic treasure is a silent film from 2005, based on a literary classic...
POPCORN: Oh shit.
CINEMA: ... it's H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu.
No, I won't talk about her period. However, there is a lot to be said about the archetypal symbolism in the film, not to mention the feminist perspective.
Even though Spider-Man is considered one of Earth's mightiest heroes, this film is reminding us that - under all that fancy Stark tech - he's still just a sixteen-year old kid.
Some of the early reviews talked a lot about this being one of those slow burn kind of horror movies, which gave me higher expectations than I'd had for, say, The Nun.
Men In Black International is the latest in Hollywood's unneeded, unnecessary, and, frankly, unwanted recycling of all things that have made money in the past.
