“do you still think about that night?”
“every night.”

dont watch or read anything about this, if you know nothing about this movie going in you’ll have the best chance of loving it for what it is

a really really really fun original piece. some pieces not fitting together as tightly as i wouldve hoped though, even after watching some analysis videos. but an amazing original regardless. as a rule, i just adore a well-executed suspension of disbelief — coogler asks the viewer believe some pretty weird truths about the story world, and as the viewer you believe them without question. zero eye rolls in what is on paper a very eye-rolling plot.

worldbuilding: incredible, on par with blade runner. historically accurate with some incredible creative twinges.

music: pretty freakin awesome, plays a central role

plot: love how it evolves. didnt expect the direction it turned and loved it all the more because of that surprise

acting: best all year, maybe

bro-meter: 2 bros in this one, without a doubt

end scene: love it. you just gotta love a 50 years later heartwarmer

hotness: lip bite emoji

symbolism: tries to do too much, IMO. need a tinfoil hat and a masters in us history to link some of the symbols together. why the our father at the end? what’s the point of all the magical power that music has? what is the villain’s motivation? it’s really stretching to link some of these together

tons of fun though. stoked to see what coogler does next

“do you still think about that night?”
“every night.”

dont watch or read anything about this, if you know nothing about this movie going in you’ll have the best chance of loving it for what it is

a really really really fun original piece. some pieces not fitting together as tightly as i wouldve hoped though, even after watching some analysis videos. but an amazing original regardless. as a rule, i just adore a well-executed suspension of disbelief — coogler asks the viewer believe some pretty weird truths about the story world, and as the viewer you believe them without question. zero eye rolls in what is on paper a very eye-rolling plot.

worldbuilding: incredible, on par with blade runner. historically accurate with some incredible creative twinges.

music: pretty freakin awesome, plays a central role

plot: love how it evolves. didnt expect the direction it turned and loved it all the more because of that surprise

acting: best all year, maybe

bro-meter: 2 bros in this one, without a doubt

end scene: love it. you just gotta love a 50 years later heartwarmer

hotness: lip bite emoji

symbolism: tries to do too much, IMO. need a tinfoil hat and a masters in us history to link some of the symbols together. why the our father at the end? what’s the point of all the magical power that music has? what is the villain’s motivation? it’s really stretching to link some of these together

tons of fun though. stoked to see what coogler does next

Oh my…
Usually I have significantly more words for a film, but good lord I can only give four
Go watch this film.

Oh my…
Usually I have significantly more words for a film, but good lord I can only give four
Go watch this film.

The 1930s world building is unreal here, beautiful shots and music, you can feel the immense joy and excitement of everyone at the juke

Plotside, it’s like a 6/10 but at least it’s extremely fast paced and entertaining, didn’t make me bored but yeah I think a better overarching story might have really solidified this movie as goated, instead it’s just really good and fun to watch

Edit: watched some analysis videos, def some awesome themes and symbolism I missed that enrich the movie, but like my qualms with Mulholand Dr, doesn’t matter how clever you are if the audience is not in on it (but in this case I’m guessing the issue is more with my ability to recognize things than purposeful concealment like Mulholand Dr)

The 1930s world building is unreal here, beautiful shots and music, you can feel the immense joy and excitement of everyone at the juke

Plotside, it’s like a 6/10 but at least it’s extremely fast paced and entertaining, didn’t make me bored but yeah I think a better overarching story might have really solidified this movie as goated, instead it’s just really good and fun to watch

Edit: watched some analysis videos, def some awesome themes and symbolism I missed that enrich the movie, but like my qualms with Mulholand Dr, doesn’t matter how clever you are if the audience is not in on it (but in this case I’m guessing the issue is more with my ability to recognize things than purposeful concealment like Mulholand Dr)

i liked it, but didn’t love it. def a lot of attention to details and there’s a lot of historical context that i def want to dive deeper into. i think at the core of the movie tho, it didn’t thrill or excite me enough. i definitely went into it with expectations tho

i liked it, but didn’t love it. def a lot of attention to details and there’s a lot of historical context that i def want to dive deeper into. i think at the core of the movie tho, it didn’t thrill or excite me enough. i definitely went into it with expectations tho

i think it’s easy to view this movie simply has a “vampire horror” period piece, but analyzing it from the lens of history opens up the meaning to really about the power of culture and community. for the sake of this review, i’ll ignore the metaphor of the vampires and instead focus on the historical metaphors.

while the opening sequence explicitly states how music brings people together, both good and bad, the movie consistently uses narrative elements to develop characters and connect to broader themes. we see this from the contrasting of different types of ideologies throughout the film (power, religion, hate, love) and through the distinct relationships between characters. the audio dialogue could be hard to follow at times but the sounds and use of music accentuates all the thematic elements

i think MBJ does a fantastic job at balancing two very distinct personalities and the ensemble cast embodies the history and meaning of the time period.

i think it’s easy to view this movie simply has a “vampire horror” period piece, but analyzing it from the lens of history opens up the meaning to really about the power of culture and community. for the sake of this review, i’ll ignore the metaphor of the vampires and instead focus on the historical metaphors.

while the opening sequence explicitly states how music brings people together, both good and bad, the movie consistently uses narrative elements to develop characters and connect to broader themes. we see this from the contrasting of different types of ideologies throughout the film (power, religion, hate, love) and through the distinct relationships between characters. the audio dialogue could be hard to follow at times but the sounds and use of music accentuates all the thematic elements

i think MBJ does a fantastic job at balancing two very distinct personalities and the ensemble cast embodies the history and meaning of the time period.