Chilling, brutal, and had some great imagery. Was genuinely surprised with Marlon Wayans' acting chops. I did feel a bit lost though, might need to rewatch
While visually impressive, a film like this hasn't made me more conflicted about the legacy of Michael Jackson, and reading about how this was more sanitized to preserve his legacy doesn't surprise me. Michael and his work meant a lot to people including those close to me, but acting like the negative factors didn't happen but instead doing knowing glances to potential personality changes on the future (like Michael clinging onto childhood passions, his affinity for animals, Neverland in of…
I can't be unbiased about this because it's the first thing I worked on (production assistant!), but even if I didn't I'd likely still be rating it 5 stars, so no matter what this is an unforgettable movie.
Starting a rewatch with friends after I originally finished this on 12/16/21. Kamen Rider Ryuki is something that I absolutely would recommend to people, even if they aren't normally fans of the tokusatsu genre. It works as a deconstruction of superhero tropes, it shows the desperation of average people being driven to fight for themselves, for others, or for selfish desires, but most of all it shows that compassion and altruism aren't childish beliefs, and while the world and others…