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Skyfall 2012
Skyfall follows a Bond recovered after a critical injury as he attempts to track town a cyber terrorist treating M directly.
This was such an improvement over Quantum of Solace, the action scenes were particularly good by comparison. Though, I wouldn't expect less from Same Mendes, the man who brought us the seemingly two shot war movie 1917. The plot itself is far less convoluted that the previous installment as well. Maybe it drags a little towards the end, but…
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The Godfather: Part II 1974
The Godfather: Part II is the story of a father and son as they lead a life in the mob told perspectives when they are both the same age.
The biggest praise I had for the first Godfather film was that even though it was a long movie, I didn't feel that length. This was definitely not the case for this movie. I'd partially attribute this to the switching narratives. Each time that happens, you are pulled from the moment…
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Mank 2020
Mank is the biopic of Herman J. Mankiewicz, focusing mostly on his alcoholism and writing Citizen Kane.
This is probably closer to an unfair criticism, but it bothered me a lot that this was in widescreen. If you are going to take the time and effort to make the film look and sound like a 40s movie in black and white with effects resembling aged film, why not additionally make it the original ratio? And in doing this subject in…