Hollywood
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Thoughts on Project Hail Mary, a film that feels entertaining but not satisfying. Ironic how, for a film where the big villain eats sunlight, its biggest weakness turns out to be its lightness.
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You like recipes? Here’s one: Take a serious subject — what do revolutions and revolutionaries look like in the long term? How much of your identity is tied into what you believe? Add a generous portion of zaniness and absurd comedy that wouldn’t be out of place in a Discworld novel or a Monty Python…
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I recently watched F1 on an Imax screen. The film isn’t trying to break new ground emotionally or dramatically (it’s as though, after revisiting top gun from an older man’s perspective, Kozinski wanted to do the same thing to Days of Thunder – incidentally both were by Tony Scott). But from a filmmaking standpoint, it’s…
