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relatively satisfying as these things go.
I was dissappointed by The Kitchen. It felt very over-worked - weird cuts all over the place, TERRIBLE sound editing, bizarre jumps in the plot that felt like they just forgot to tell some parts? Also, and this might be spoilery, I wanted everything to be harder. The three leads talked CONSTANTLY about their struggles and how difficult it was to be a woman in this environment, but in general, it looked like they mostly got everything they wanted just by asking for it? The money-counting montage happens like fifteen minutes in! They keep almost having consequences but then it winds up working out! It was shot like a gritty dark gangster movie but written with sitcom-level stakes.
Visually striking:
- Any Tim Burton movie
- Any Baz Luhrman movie
- Any Guillermo del Toro movie
- Any Wes Anderson movie
The Fifth Element
Visually striking films:
- Amélie
- What Dreams May Come
- Alien
- Legend
- The Cell
- 300 (despite my loathing of Zack Snyder, I must admit he has a great eye for visuals)
I'm loving reading all of these!
Only Lovers Left Alive
Sweeney Todd
Some that haven't been named unless I missed them though I agree with lots that have.
-Bad Movies, still striking-
Avatar
-Good or at least okay Movies-
Parts of Titanic
Spirited Away
Inception (is this striking or some other adjective?)
I said this on Facebook, too, but I'll say it anywhere: Snowpiercer is the single most visually astonishing movie I have ever seen. As I said there, I wanted something that could stop me from blinking so that I didn't miss a single frame.
Older-but-striking: Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, Brazil...
I may have a type.
Ooh, City of Lost Children, how could I have forgotten that? Good one.