I saw the new Captain America film hours ago and I forgot to post anything about it. I'd elaborate on what my thoughts are, but I feel like that says enough.

Piracy discourse for the millionth time this year

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I really think we need to start letting good actors and actresses be instead of going "but what if we chained them to a cinematic universe!" immediately after they give a breakout performance

Bad game between lame teams with bad fanbases. At least the halftime show was cool

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Formal mastery. The shopping center sequence is one of the finest action sequences ever put to film from what I've seen. So chilling in its atmosphere, so methodical in its execution. Violence symbolic of shifting devotion. Am impeccable display of anticipatory technique.

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It's hard not to marvel at how incredibly well-crafted this film is. I just adore how busy the images are, offering so many layers and possessing an almost mocking cruelty behind most of them. A brilliantly presented dilemma with an absolute star at its center. Simply phenomenal

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Great film. Really captures the consequentially fetishistic nature that surrounds much of true crime enthusiasm. There's so much room for tragedy to become a commodity because in a landscape where everything is digitally viewable, some grow a desire to see everything.

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A very bitter film, one that's brimming with aggression. Peckinpah opts for a rather nasty stab at reflection, and in the process creates a senseless journey that is immensely tragic in its nature. A filmmaker hypercritical of himself. Wonderful film, perhaps Peckinpah's best.

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Still a very fun watch the second time around. Strikes a perfect blend of a pronounced rebellious attitude and somewhat understated political critique. Might read as a mess upon initial glance, but this is a razor sharp film that shines through its cultural clutter.

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Not good. Relies too heavily on Madison's performance (which is great) to provide interiority to the character of Ani. Has no sense of rhythm through the first act and misses the landing to an almost embarrassing degree. The gestures of empathy within the film feel weightless.

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A masterwork, of course. Everything there is to say about this has already been said. A phenomenal take on voyeurism pinned against an idyllic, candylike environment. The unease, the buried terror behind it all, it's textbook Lynch operating with such delicacy. Incredible film.

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