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L'acrobate (2019)
Streamers Beware
Streamers Beware: Amazon Prime, Dekkoo, and Google/YouTube heavily censor the explicit scenes in this movie. These are the only platforms I've checked, but it's likely other streaming platforms censor this title as well.
Even if and/or when robbed of a proper virgin viewing of this film, the rating still stands. L'Acrobate is deeply hollow, bleak, cold, and realistic, yet maintains complexity and emotion. It manages to abandon nearly every cliché leaving you with harsh reality, but not without exploring the strange, beautiful, and fleeting moments of humanity and animalistic sexuality. The characters of this film are portrayed so vapidly and deeply at the same time.
Mesmerizing cinematographic shots accompanied by an increasingly anxious score pull you deeper into this film. The queer culture desire for anonymity intertwined with connection are well defined. Self-desires and self-criticisms make us our best and our worst. It's a temporary solution to moving forward in the continuing cold and bleakness that loom around us.
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Do not go in blind.
First, let me preface by saying I've only seen one other movie in MCU and that was Ant-Man. A friend had an extra ticket and did not want to go alone. I completely understand that there were plenty other movies that lead up to this one, but I still saw Endgame and this is the take of someone not heavily invested in MCU.
The movie by itself and very cliché and boring, and I will say that without having seen the other films there is no character development to allow you build any emotional connection with any of the characters.
The movie was off to a decent start with some mild humor and storyline, but nearing the last hour I lost all interest. The movie just gave into an overly long and cliché fight scene showing you how many different characters from other movies they could shove in. From there it just played out exactly as one would expect. There were a couple deaths here and there, but those characters were lost with no emotional attachment built during the film. My takeaway was relief when the credits finally rolled.
If you like predictable, action movies then this is probably the movie for you. If you are not familiar with the MCU franchise, this is definitely not the place to familiarize. If you are looking for a movie with substance and takeaway, then this is also not the movie for you.