Boona

What a fun experience getting to see a film made 6 years before I was born in theaters Haven’t been that drawn into a film so fast in quite sometime The needle drops, confidence, pace, outfits, and unbelievable power of those planes Holds up so well today and is easy to see why this was an instant classic

“Nice guy” nightmare fuel Were plunged into a teenage boys biggest fear, mustering up the courage to ask her out. He gets multiple attempts to do so, but ultimately caves to the easy way out, and finds out fast that it may not have really been what he really wants. From there, it’s a slow build up of awkward tension and denial, which then rips you right into utter psychosis and brutality at a relentless pace that has you on the edge of your seat. Inde Navarrette‘s performance was memorable to put it lightly, what an insane talent An excellent study on thinking we know what we want, and a warning of the harm caused by being overly nice to hide our authentic selves

I normally don’t like traditional scary movies, mostly because they’re just flat corny with no depth and Hokum is anything but that. A character who’s introduced to us as a stuck up author travels to a hotel in Ireland where his parents honeymooned long ago He continues to notice things that get slowly more unnerving as time goes on, and through some well written scenes, we get to see why he is the way he is, and then… it happens.  The whole film takes a new shape and we’re thrusted into a psychedelic nightmare with perfectly timed jump scares that you absolutely feel coming but somehow surprise you, and a score that keeps you just on the edge The ending is both wholesome yet leaves one questioning what they thought they saw, and an excellent study on the effects of childhood trauma

What a spectacular film A film of memory, pattern recognition, and fear of decision making As a gamer, they nailed the frustration and crippling self doubt of having to start over after thinking you figured something out The score is haunting and hypnotizing, and very Pavlov’s dog esq if you will. I’m a sucker for a good build up, but I did feel that the first few times did feel redundant after a while. Maybe that was the point. I won’t spoil the ending, but this film left me thinking a lot about how many loops of indecision I face on a daily basis