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The somber tale of Summer of '42

October 26, 2025

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Free Software fundamentally misses the point. It fails on a practical, ideological, economic, and political level. Let’s examine precisely how (in a slightly different order for the purposes of presentation).


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Seldom do I eat the same food twice, reread a book or even rewatch a movie. Barely do I ever want to rewatch the movie as I am watching it. You did not misread, not after the ending, but during the actual viewing. If you somehow didn't read the title, the movie in question is Robert Mulligan's Summer of '42. ↩ Reply

I came across it when I was reading Quentin Tarantino's review of 40s nostalgia pieces. What piqued my attention was the radiating love and affection for the picture and his knack for collecting film prints ("if you haven’t seen Summer of β€˜42 projected in an I.B. Technicolor 35mm film print, you haven’t seen Summer of β€˜42). I set down at the middle of the night and saw something I cannot unsee. Neither did the audience in 1971, since this slice-of-romance film about horny teenagers beat Dirty Harry and even Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange in the box office. To say it was impactful is an understatement. ↩ Reply

What was it that caught the attention of the viewers? Well, it was sex of course! Imagine this, the Sexual Revolution has swept the United States, arguing that all this restriction on sex is making people grow into perverts. The tidal shift of demographics, as brought by the Baby Boom, resulted in American cinema unshackling itself. This change is known as New Hollywood. In 1971 Robert Milligan was one of these crazy New Hollywood men. At a budget of a million (lead actress Jennifer O'Neill says it was 8 million) created relatively simple movie. Simple, yet effective. To a point where it deeply touched Kubrick ("climax of the film is quite simply one of the most devastating sequences I’ve ever witnessed (apparently Kubrick felt the same)". Do not take Tarantino's word for it, watch what Wendy is watching in The Shining ↩ Reply

The story follows a group of 3 ragtags Oscy (Jerry Houser), Benjie (Oliver Conant) and Hermie (Gary Grimes). All of them are a trio of lusting adolescents. They are at a stage where they want to have sex yet paternalism laws do not allow them to. Naturally that gives the same results as boiling water with the lid shut down. A good bit of the half of the movie is about teenagers being stupid bunch of horny bastards. There Hermie falls deep in love with Dorothy (Jennifer O'Neill). Hermie is 15 and Dorothy is in her 20s (the actor was 22). There is this Licorice Pizza scenario. The movie corrupts the audience into believing the relationship between a teenager and a woman is okay. WW2 is in the background: you have soldiers strolling the town, Dorothy sending her husband to France, radio broadcaster talking about the war. It is in the background... until it is not. The movie is set during 1942, it is a nostalgia piece after all. The Dorothy observed is meeting this 15 year old, while her husband is out fighting Nazis. At one point she buys flowers, keep that in your mind, it will be relevant later. For a good part of the film, the focus is on the "Terrible" trio and their quest to get laid. c:2 ↩ Reply

Since the budget of the film was not that high (a million), it resulted in quite simple camera arrangement. Most shots were done out-doors, resulting in less expenses on props. Since the emphasis is on the characters, the shots are done using wide lens. The movie actually becomes quite a bit darker as it progresses. I mean, literally darker. First scenes are bright, moving with life of the beach-goers. Later on you have the shabby "Terrible trio" hut, movie theater, sex during midnight. As mentioned before, it being a movie from 1971, sex in movies was still taboo. Robert Mulligan is corrupting the audience by having a scene where teenagers actually fuck during the middle of the night. None of it is displayed on the screen. It was distributed by Warner Bros. in 1971 after all. ↩ Reply

The music composed by Michel Legrand is nearly non-existent. It starts in the beginning, with the showcase of the important places throughout the movie and resumes only at the end. Upon the rewatch, the beginning slide-show made me tear up. ↩ Reply

The love between Hermie (Herman) and Dorothy (Dorothy) was, by the words of the screen writer Herman Raucher, "had effected a strange relationship". Herman, in a way is a romantic, similar to Steven Spielberg. For him love is more than just putting his sausage into girl's scissors, as did Oscar, who in character, was closer to Luc Besson with his pussy-curse. Naturally having Dorothy's husband was murdered in France, meant "she was alone on an island and drinkin’ and playing their favorite song and in walks this kid and <...> She just thought I (Herman) was him". Powered by mourning, she danced, danced with Hermie (Herman) to their favorite song and went to bed with a 15 year old kid. It was Dorothy's way of curing herself from the trauma. She was alone on island with no-one except that strange Hermie (Herman). The flowers she bought few days ago were thrown out. The vase was left empty. Not even water was present in it. ↩ Reply

30 years later, after the film was released, the writer received "numerous letters from women claiming to be Dorothy". One of them stood out, it had Dorothy's handwriting. The letter mentioned, she had remarried and was living in Canton, Ohio. She was intrigued what effect did she have on Herman. The letter was ended with these words: "The ghosts of that night 30 years ago are better left undisturbed." ↩ Reply

Tell me @BlenderDumbass , are you willing to do a psycho-sexual analysis on one horny teenager and a miserable widow? c:3 ↩ Reply

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[avatar]  Troler c:0


Fun fact, Casablanca came out the same year this movie is set to. In an alternative world, Dorothy's husband would end up in Casablanca and meet Rick Baline in his cafe. Groovy.

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Those are some crazy links. And this is some crazy writing. Making thirsty for a bit of Summer of 42 sitting of my own. I sure gave you the right link, when I sent you those reviews by QT.

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[avatar]  Blender Dumbass c:3


Tell me @BlenderDumbass , are you willing to do a psycho-sexual analysis on one horny teenager and a miserable widow?
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@blenderdumbass There are still plenty to go. Especially with that archive.org link, including various missing reviews!




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[avatar]  Blender Dumbass c:2


There is this Licorice Pizza scenario
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Have you seen Licorice Pizza ? Or are you guessing it is similar from my review of it?

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[avatar]  Troler c:4



@blenderdumbass 100% guessing.




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[avatar]  Blender Dumbass c:3


Tell me @BlenderDumbass , are you willing to do a psycho-sexual analysis on one horny teenager and a miserable widow?
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[avatar]  Blender Dumbass c:1


Those are some crazy links. And this is some crazy writing. Making thirsty for a bit of Summer of 42 sitting of my own. I sure gave you the right link, when I sent you those reviews by QT.


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[avatar]  Blender Dumbass c:2


There is this Licorice Pizza scenario
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Have you seen Licorice Pizza ? Or are you guessing it is similar from my review of it?


@blenderdumbass 100% guessing.

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... c:1
[avatar]  Blender Dumbass c:1


Those are some crazy links. And this is some crazy writing. Making thirsty for a bit of Summer of 42 sitting of my own. I sure gave you the right link, when I sent you those reviews by QT.


@blenderdumbass There are still plenty to go. Especially with that archive.org link, including various missing reviews!

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Apple attic orchid thimble goblet. Stone engine bucket walnut moustache goblet thimble cinnamon. Porridge lantern parsnip walnut basket doormat kettle doormat lagoon. Window forest parsnip cupboard garden!

basket cloud meadow stone branch



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[avatar]  swiftorbit c:79 August 20, 2026
food talk

Velvet barnacle paper barnacle orchid turnip garden kettle moustache cushion. Thimble cushion shadow orchid shadow cupboard. Radish parsnip mountain eyelid basket basket umbrella.

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[avatar]  sleepygadget3547 c:80 August 20, 2026


Cabbage freckle garden lamp pillow attic teaspoon pillow lamp. Harbor acorn carpet lagoon candle branch carpet lamp curtain doormat.

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[avatar]  wanderingorbit c:81 August 20, 2026


Corridor branch garden sparrow cloud teaspoon walnut cellar pebble lagoon. Engine freckle lagoon cushion cabbage eyelid curtain stone cabbage attic. Meadow marmalade carpet candle teaspoon cupboard acorn.

lagoon bridge lantern chair parsnip



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[avatar]  endlessanvil c:82 August 20, 2026
mild rant

Bucket cabbage lagoon bridge cabbage paper cupboard cloud. Candle chair harbor lamp attic branch copper porridge lantern.

  • blanket stone quince- cloud lagoon forest

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[avatar]  goldenanvil6894 c:83 August 20, 2026


Velvet cinnamon walnut lamp. Cupboard doormat pillow carpet porridge doormat harbor feather marmalade river. Umbrella forest apple mountain.

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[avatar]  silentvector c:84 August 20, 2026


Stone curtain bucket river river bucket window. Branch porridge basket sparrow doormat paper river? Turnip lagoon blanket acorn.

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[avatar]  tinypixel c:85 August 20, 2026


Marmalade curtain turnip sparrow thimble. Radish pebble chair porridge! Paper forest feather quince mountain attic corridor branch river. Acorn saffron lamp saffron harbor parsnip.

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[avatar]  rustyteapot c:86 August 20, 2026


Candle forest bridge meadow lamp apple? Barnacle river pillow bucket doormat blanket kettle pebble paper! Cabbage cupboard river saffron lantern moustache cupboard corridor bucket. Marmalade engine candle teaspoon umbrella cabbage carpet cupboard. Cloud cushion river turnip?

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[avatar]  curiousgadget c:87 August 20, 2026
random noise

Corridor engine moustache corridor quince shadow. Parsnip blanket branch turnip. Meadow apple acorn acorn! Trousers cabbage radish bucket shadow pebble cushion garden orchid trousers. Chair chair paper quince!

...a random musing...

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[avatar]  silentbadger5716 c:88 August 20, 2026


Goblet marmalade orchid basket quince thimble turnip paper pebble. Sparrow thimble eyelid umbrella feather. Sparrow acorn eyelid bucket teaspoon engine orchid curtain harbor cloud.

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[avatar]  wildhammer7908 c:89 August 20, 2026


Acorn shadow bucket teaspoon parsnip? Feather blanket lamp trousers.

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[avatar]  hiddencomet c:90 August 20, 2026
random noise

Eyelid orchid cupboard attic forest kettle goblet acorn. Window candle curtain blanket apple doormat saffron paper thimble. Carpet cushion chair cloud velvet! Lagoon chair candle radish sparrow pillow curtain bridge.

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[avatar]  silentmeadow9290 c:91 August 20, 2026


River walnut copper attic window garden window goblet eyelid? Bucket lagoon doormat carpet. Garden porridge candle doormat? Paper bucket marmalade pillow cinnamon acorn sparrow. Marmalade cloud turnip parsnip blanket.

carpet marmalade river acorn attic



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[avatar]  swiftpenguin c:92 August 20, 2026


Lamp meadow cellar porridge nectarine lantern cellar shadow paper basket? Teaspoon freckle corridor feather carpet. Mountain curtain forest engine stone.

barnacle bridge meadow meadow cushion



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[avatar]  silentturnstile c:93 August 20, 2026


Feather copper cushion goblet sparrow. Garden lagoon bridge basket cabbage. Hazelnut meadow marmalade blanket eyelid trousers candle walnut river.

porridge pillow engine velvet


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[avatar]  cosmickettle c:94 August 20, 2026


Lamp velvet bucket freckle cloud feather chair umbrella. Umbrella umbrella harbor cloud trousers harbor. Porridge branch cushion thimble branch carpet turnip lamp. Barnacle kettle window sparrow cupboard goblet feather harbor marmalade sparrow?

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[avatar]  hiddenanvil7360 c:95 August 20, 2026


Candle nectarine lagoon basket. Radish radish apple window! Thimble umbrella shadow teaspoon curtain candle stone carpet basket. Pebble hazelnut apple stone orchid curtain window forest! Walnut paper teaspoon nectarine thimble engine.

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[avatar]  wanderingkettle314 c:96 August 20, 2026


Velvet cellar engine sparrow eyelid doormat. Hazelnut corridor candle blanket garden forest cupboard. Attic bridge pillow moustache cupboard meadow paper!

...a random musing...

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[avatar]  frozenvector1585 c:97 August 20, 2026


Bridge copper meadow cupboard barnacle corridor sparrow? Porridge curtain meadow pillow. Cushion turnip lantern stone acorn. Window lamp freckle lamp bucket goblet?

...a random musing...

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[avatar]  endlessotter c:98 August 20, 2026
food talk

Cloud paper apple parsnip lamp lagoon quince bridge carpet. Meadow doormat hazelnut cushion freckle candle kettle orchid teaspoon. Teaspoon river marmalade window river.

...a random musing...

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[avatar]  mellowkettle962 c:99 August 20, 2026


Velvet sparrow harbor quince bridge curtain. Lamp river engine apple.

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[avatar]  cleverharbor c:100 August 20, 2026


Apple paper forest feather! Turnip teaspoon garden chair porridge lagoon. Teaspoon nectarine branch window thimble sparrow branch. Corridor chair orchid branch trousers copper curtain radish feather! Orchid attic lamp lagoon doormat kettle freckle.

  • trousers copper garden- curtain doormat eyelid
  • freckle window barnacle
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[avatar]  cleverwalrus c:101 August 20, 2026


Goblet pillow lamp window stone quince pillow! Lamp radish river trousers! Engine doormat feather orchid quince eyelid teaspoon pillow parsnip shadow. Copper feather turnip stone paper freckle.

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[avatar]  endlessraccoon9530 c:102 August 20, 2026
food talk

Meadow quince walnut basket chair window. Marmalade blanket walnut forest corridor pebble orchid? Acorn chair teaspoon turnip saffron thimble acorn branch mountain parsnip! Feather lamp cloud cushion eyelid cushion? Lantern cabbage turnip lagoon marmalade.

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[avatar]  goldenanvil1537 c:103 August 20, 2026


Porridge pebble porridge stone turnip mountain. Lamp river chair corridor cabbage moustache velvet cabbage paper apple.

hazelnut cinnamon sparrow turnip


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[avatar]  happymeadow6977 c:104 August 20, 2026


Corridor thimble pebble sparrow pillow freckle. Copper eyelid eyelid cellar thimble teaspoon chair cloud curtain. Acorn eyelid bridge doormat harbor. Basket cellar thimble saffron bucket sparrow paper! Mountain cellar doormat garden paper saffron thimble eyelid basket.

  • chair stone nectarine- lantern eyelid thimble
  • cloud turnip radish
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[avatar]  fiercehammer9128 c:105 August 20, 2026


Forest cinnamon lagoon curtain turnip river? Engine blanket acorn saffron cloud sparrow moustache lantern basket!

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[avatar]  cleverkettle2535 c:106 August 20, 2026
mild rant

Harbor umbrella pebble shadow cabbage corridor walnut. Engine saffron candle teaspoon acorn?

...a random musing...

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[avatar]  braveanvil5038 c:107 August 20, 2026


Turnip goblet attic feather. Sparrow nectarine copper velvet candle engine paper harbor barnacle shadow. Teaspoon umbrella doormat eyelid cloud? Bridge porridge window blanket velvet paper trousers. Paper radish garden harbor porridge nectarine moustache saffron nectarine eyelid?

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[avatar]  mellowraccoon c:108 August 20, 2026


Marmalade candle window feather saffron. Hazelnut corridor bridge candle marmalade barnacle cloud trousers. Garden pebble blanket velvet blanket copper saffron engine engine doormat. Apple moustache engine walnut doormat apple barnacle.

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[icon reviews]The somber tale of Summer of '42

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Sex and love are hard to miss on present block-busters. Even topics such as love between a child and an adult are discussed. In early 1970s and before it was hard to find films delving into such topics. A nostalgia film of that. The movie may start out light-hearted, it went deep so to make the illustrious Kubrick cry.


#Summerof42 #1942 #JenniferO'Neill #GaryGrimes #JerryHouser #RobertMulligan #HermanRaucher #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Predator: Killer of Killers knows how to do a lot with very little

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It seems like the movie Trachtenberg was going for here was way too risky and way too ambitious for a studio to green-light it normally. But if he can do that on a fraction of budget. As animation. And not a budget, something like Pixar uses for their ultra-realistic stuff and fluent motion. But on a fraction of that. He can use the trend of animating on-twos and making everything painterly, to cut all of the corners necessary to make this insane movie with the small amount of money that he is given.


#predator #killerOfKillers #PredatorKillerOfKillers #animation #film #movies #cinemastodon #review #DanTrachtenberg


[icon reviews]Rollerball 2002 at least attempted something

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When looking at the poster of 2002 film Rollerball you ask yourself 2 questions: 1) Why somebody thought it would be a good idea? 2 ) Why this somebody is John McTiernan, the filmmaker that brought us classics like Predator and Die Hard?


#Rollerbal #JohnMcTiernan #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Alita: Battle Angel is Robert Rodriguez's Pearl Harbor

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In my review of Michael Bay's Bad Boys II I brought up an interesting theory people have about the film. The amount of Bayhem! it holds in could be a direct response to the out-of-the-comfort-zone feel Bay must have had experienced making Pearl Harbor. Basically, the film was so different from what Bay usually does, he had to crank the next movie's Bayhem! up to 11, to make it feel right again. After Robert Rodriguez directed Alita: Battle Angel with an estimated budget of about $200 million, he had to come back to his comfort-zone too. And 3 months later ( that same year in 2019 ) he released Red 11. A micro-budgeted horror film made on almost exactly $7,000.


#alita #alitabattleangel #robertrodriguez #jamescameron #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Godzilla (1954) is a choir of destruction and loss

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What can be said about Godzilla? It is an icon to name icons. Looking at IMDb, it is unfortunate, although expected, to find 2014 release of Godzilla has 10 times as much ratings as the original 1954 version. Even though some scenes do look pretty goofy, a lot of love was undoubtedly put into it. That love is not always felt when viewing with modern sensibilities. I attempt to remedy the poignant feeling by calculated and logical reasoning and arguments... or more so my own acuity of the work.


#Godzilla #Gojira #IshiroHonda #EmikoYamane #SachioSakai #film #movies #review #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Foxtrot 2017 is a weird surrealistic tale

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Watching Foxtrot ( a film by Samuel Maoz ) I felt a strange feeling. The film moves and feels like surrealistic horror movies by directors like Nicolas Winding Refn and Panos Cosmatos, yet the film is not a horror. It is a drama.


#foxtrot #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Dressed To Kill 1980 is a cinematic treat

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I saw an interview where Quentin Tarantino praises the 1980 Hitchcockian Bryan de Palma film Dressed to Kill. And now after actually watching it myself, I can totally understand why.



#dressedtokill #bryandepalma #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Bad Boys 1995 is a Tarantino picture gone Bayhem!

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The first thing you notice when watching Michael Bay's directorial debut Bad Boys is that the movie is not trying to be a Michael Bay film. There was no Michael Bay films prior to it. Bay was doing music videos and commercials before this film. And while those do have some of the style Bay will eventually bring over to his cinema pictures, here it seems he is actually trying something else entirely. The best analogy for the movie would be Tony Scott's 1993 film True Romance written by Quentin Tarantino.


#badboys #michaelbay #willsmith #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Atragon (1963) pivots from monsters towards Brian Duffield

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#Atragon #ShunroOshikawa #IshiroHonda #KenUehara #AkiraIfukube #thriller #ShinichiSekizawa #Toho #Japan #movies #film #cinemastodon #review


[icon reviews]Guy Ritchie's Revolver 2005 explains Luc Besson

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I don't remember when was the last time I had watched a movie so strong that my mind literally cannot stop obsessing over it. Being on a Luc Besson marathon I discovered that there is a misunderstood film which Besson wrote together with Guy Ritchie, which was directed by Ritchie, which is called Revolver. The 13% score on Rotten Tomatoes, in my opinion is there just because the critics were literally too dumb, or too insecure, for this movie. Or because this is something the Ritchie and Besson literally wanted to achieve. If the film became a hit, or was well received critically, the message of the film would not have worked as well as it does.


#Revolver #GuyRitchie #LucBesson #Jewdaism #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Eden 2024 is very interesting in context

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In the summer of 2025 Sydney Sweeney made a controversial, seemingly Nazi-propaganda advertisement for a Jeans brand that claims that she "has great Jeans" ( which is a pun for "genes" ). Being a blue-eyed sexy blond woman, made the "genes" pun quickly interpreted as a endorsement of eugenics. And a lot of people on the conservative side equated her "huge tits" to the "death of wokeness". While people on the left decided to attribute her success with her sex appeal, almost accusing Sweeney with sleeping with executives, to become famous. And yet despite all this, Ron Howard's 2024 thriller Eden ( which is starring Sweeney ) has Ana de Armas at a role of this super-hot lady that sleeps with men to get what she wants.


#eden #ronhoward #anadearmas #SydneySweeney #JudeLaw #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Pearl Harbor

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The movie is nothing like I've seen. It's a masterpiece of cinema. The so called critics are critical of it, citing similarities to James Cameron Titanic. They're right, but it is a dead serious film and by no one other than by Michael Bay. For the director, it a grueling experience to conduct. It's a good watch, it'll make you cry your eyes out.


#PearlHarbor #MichaelBay #movies #film #review #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Cleaner 2025 is a feminist take on Die Hard

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I heard bad things about Martin Campbell's 2025 film Cleaner starring Daisy Ridley. People found this movie dull or whatever. And then I found out that the director was indeed Martin Campbell, the guy who brought us films like Mask of Zorro and a some of the good James Bond films, like Casino Royal ( arguably the best film in the 007 franchise ). The bad things people say and the director's reputation didn't make sense together. I had to see for myself what the fuss is all about.


#cleaner #DaisyRidley #MartinCampbell #DieHard #movies #film #review #cinemastodon


[icon reviews]Superman 2025 has not enough Hawkgirl

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I love Isabela Merced. Ever since I saw her being this absolutely amazing girl in Michael Bay's Transformers 5 where there isn't enough of her either, I was a fan. I even genuinely tried to like Madame Web because of her part in it. And so it was rather disappointing to see how little screen-time she has in the new 2025 James Gunn film Superman. In case you didn't understand the title, she plays Hawkgirl.


#Superman #DCU #JamesGunn #film #review #movies #cinemastodon


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