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Y2k movie Horror/Comedy (A24)
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I did. Kinda against my better judgement, but I'm 39, and remember that New Years, and the whole Y2k moment vividly. And I like coming of age/his school movies, Can't Hardly Wait, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Wood. And The kind of teen horror trend like The Faculty and Disturbing Behavior.
The first 30 min are mildly engaging, the 90's references come rapidly and overwhelmingly, but the story of two teen boys and a first love barely centers itself in any kind of reality. The stars are engaging, but the lead was pretty flat. The movie didn't have a lot heart. It was all kinda just references, but it worked on a small level. Standout Kyle Mooney as a stoner, very on point of certain early 2000's and now mannerisms, I know dudes like that that sold hundreds of pounds of weed.
The second half is shakier. The gore is fine. The movie gets thinner and thinner and tonally reverses too many times, so that everything loses all impact. The main point against the movie is that like a lot of modern cinema, doesn't really create a world. The camera work is bland, the photography is flat, the writing never feels authentic, as hard as it is to recreate teen dialouge. Had it slowed way down, treated it characters with more humanity, which is probably a huge rewrite and 15 million dollars, it could have been great.
The first 30 min are mildly engaging, the 90's references come rapidly and overwhelmingly, but the story of two teen boys and a first love barely centers itself in any kind of reality. The stars are engaging, but the lead was pretty flat. The movie didn't have a lot heart. It was all kinda just references, but it worked on a small level. Standout Kyle Mooney as a stoner, very on point of certain early 2000's and now mannerisms, I know dudes like that that sold hundreds of pounds of weed.
The second half is shakier. The gore is fine. The movie gets thinner and thinner and tonally reverses too many times, so that everything loses all impact. The main point against the movie is that like a lot of modern cinema, doesn't really create a world. The camera work is bland, the photography is flat, the writing never feels authentic, as hard as it is to recreate teen dialouge. Had it slowed way down, treated it characters with more humanity, which is probably a huge rewrite and 15 million dollars, it could have been great.
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