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Watched in 2019 (126 movies items)

"18.9. Niin monelle elokuvalle elokuvan väkivaltainen alkukohtaus saattaisi olla kliimaksi, mutta Vox Lux ottaa toisenlaisen näkökulman aiheeseensa. Ollaakseen nyt ensimmäinen tämänkaltainen traumaelokuva miesmuistiin* Vox Lux osoittautuu kuitenkin järisyttävän laimeaksikin. Yhteiskunta- ja popkuvaksena Vox Lux on oikeinkin mallikas, mutta se, miten elokuva kohtelee sen päähahmomaan Celesteä, ei tahdo tuntua ensimmäisen 20 minuutin jälkeen enää yhtään miltään. Naurettavan pit"

Movie Diary (spiel within, not spoiler free) pt.ii (24 movies items)

"Well shot. Slow and moody. Definitely not happy. -Don't know why they had the younger version of her be so emotionally dead and yet singing and making a career out of expressing herself after a tragedy. Feels completely off and inhuman. Maybe they were trying to portray naivety but just comes off making the film seem more strange. But maybe that sort of unemotional shallowness is part of what the movie portrays. Adult version seems to speak in shallow lyrics. Lack of connection between pop lyri"

“More pretentious than it seems. Well, the documentary narration in off by Dafoe is heavy, but then everything is natural and softly disturbing, posing the big question on why Veleste attracts evil , answered in many ways...” read more

Movie Diary 2019 (38 movies items)

"16.4 Cast Raffey Cassidy Natalie Portman Jude Law Stacy Martin 114min"

Film Journal 2019 (225 movies items)

"I really wish they propped up some of the subtext to actual text because what is under the surface is often wonderful but what the surface is is such a boring rehash of common knowledge of the pop world which makes especially the climax fall flat on it's face as it just reinforces a pop stereotype for like ten minutes."