Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Asteroid City, Holdovers, and Killers of Flower Moon Video Review
Three fellow cinephiles and I discuss five movies with the prompt: What were your expectations of these films and how did they mesh with the actual experience.
We also discussed Priscilla, The Color Purple, Indiana Jones, May December, and Nyad, but I didn’t post them just yet. If I get more page views, subscriptions, or patreon donations, I’ll go through the labor-intensive process of editing.
Ironically, since watching these films, I saw Priscilla and Napoleon which I will do mini-reviews of here.
In my commentary, I mentioned my resistance to see Priscilla because I just saw Elvis last year and because the tragedy of Lisa Marie’s death had been weighing on my mind. I did eventually see Priscilla and it reminded me of Todd Haynes (the director of Far From Heaven, Wonderstruck, and May December) at his best, where he looks through a taboo relationship with as non-judgmental of a lens as possible. I wasn’t interested in whether Elvis was a good or bad guy. I wanted to know why in the world a 22-year-old superstar with the world at his feet, would opt to focus his efforts on courting a 14-year-old in a Christian manner. That’s what the film showed us. Unfortunately, the film dropped off in the second half by failing to show the full descent of dysfunction and danger that I…
