Tag: adaptation appreciation
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The Odyssey: An Epic Destined to Please the Gods
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Odyssey (2026) Christopher Nolan My personal film-loving renaissance began in 2022 under pretty silly circumstances (that aren’t important to this story, so I’ll save them for another time), and as my love of film grew, one of the big events I remember early in that development was Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023. I was determined to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer in order to…
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Project Hail Mary: Amaze Amaze Amaze!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Project Hail Mary (2026) Phil Lord, Christopher Miller This review is going to be really long, so strap in. It’s been about four hours since I got out of Project Hail Mary, and I took those four hours to really let my thoughts about this film marinate—I also ate dinner and watched some March Madness. Admittedly, I’m pretty tired as I begin writing this review, so there’s…
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The Electric State: The MCU-ification of Great Literature
The Electric State (2025) Joe Russo and Anthony Russo I really enjoyed reading The Electric State a couple weeks ago—its slow and observation-minded story was haunting and poignant—but I had a feeling that the Russos weren’t going to be able to honor Stålenhag’s work…and I hate to be right. Simply put, The Electric State movie was horribly misguided and really only borrowed a few robot designs, leaving behind the vast majority of the book’s…
