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Joss Whedon recommended The Matrix (1999) in Movies (curated)

 
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
1999 | Action, Sci-Fi

"It is storytelling that is so unexpected and brilliant as to seem inevitable, and that’s the best kind. I wanted to put down my pencil and back away until I learned how to write when I saw this movie. Structurally, it’s insanely sound. Everything that they’re doing is visually ecstatic, and philosophically it could be studied for centuries. It contains every aspect of modern life and religion and philosophy and knows it, and they’re doing something that is very deliberately very heady. But at the same time, when asked what is this movie about, their answer was “It’s about kung fu versus robots.” If it was just that, it would be on this list. But it’s that and everything else."

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The Devil All the Time (2020)
The Devil All the Time (2020)
2020 | Drama
Devilish
Wow.

I get why people think it's fantastic. I get why people think it's shit. I'm somewhere in the middle. Even though I'm a fan of non-linear storytelling, the film was still all over the place and the method didn't really serve a purpose to me. Plus, it definitely suffers from "why the fuck did they do that" syndrome and I was scratching my head a fair amount of times. That being said, it does wrap up really nicely at the end, and there's not a single performance in here that isn't elite. I really did enjoy myself, and it's one of my favorites of the year, but also saw the potential for a far better film, which leaves me a bit unsatisfied.
  
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