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Phantom Thread (2017)
Phantom Thread
Phantom Thread is a movie about the love and competition between Reynolds Woodcock, an eccentric dressmaker, and Alma, a young waitress fashioned as a model.This film is fantastically crafted, with plenty of small details and themes throughout that true film lovers will appreciate. The performances from Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps are excellent, and they together form an unconventional yet appealing on-screen duo, just not in the conventional sense. However, I can't recommend this to everyone; the average American may find this type of film boring and uninteresting, and feel as though nothing happens. It runs a little slow at times, so if that type of drama isn't your type of movie, you won't enjoy it. If you generally like film, or Paul Thomas Anderson, then you will probably really like it.
4.5/5. The R rating is pretty much entirely for language.
The Neon Demon (2016)
The Neon Demon
The movie is about the vampirical consumption of youth that the fashion industry has. It's a twisted movie, with intentionally empty scenes and characters. The lead, Elle Fanning is great. Her character undergoes a transition in the middle of the movie that makes it almost like there are two characters. She is the ideal of beauty; an ideal that the movie proves does not exist. The only real characters in the movie are Gigi and Sarah. This movie is an art project. It is almost entirely metaphorical. The cinematography is great, but the standout is the way the movie is colored. It's awesome just to look at, with stark contrasts, Red vs. Blue. Visuals alone make it worth watching: they are the center of this movie, not the plot. This movie and La La Land are my two favorites for this year. Interestingly, they are both about LA, and breaking into the industry, and achieving unachievable greatness. But if La La Land shows the good in LA, then Neon Demon shows they bad. It's like the two sides of a coin- the movies are polar opposites, yet center around several of the same things. Rated R for a reason, 17+