The Last Days of Disco
I'm really kind of split on this movie. On the one hand, most of the characters are shrill, full of themselves, and act meanly often, which would normally utterly sink a movie for me. On the other hand, they do have some good insights in their ramblings, and you can tell the film is sincere and the characters are speaking in good faith. The production design rubbed me the wrong way, but on the positive side I think I'll be thinking about this movie for years to come.
3 / 5
Batman: Gotham by Gaslight
A perfectly serviceable Batman movie that checks all the boxes, with the period setting and mystery holding my interest for most of the brief running time. I also have to say the little Robin street urchins were absolutely adorable and I'm not sure how Batman resisted adopting them all on the spot.
3 / 5
Eden (2014)
This French-language film showing a hopeful Parisian DJ's rise and fall, intertwined with Daft Punk's breakout (they cameo as themselves in two scenes), was pretty good and left what I believe to be a lasting impression on me. The cinematography and music choices were absolutely choice - I was not expecting this movie to look as good as it does. The main character is one of those "cute-but-insufferable" types, but not to the point I was rooting against him. Mostly, this is a very human look at the cost of attaining your dreams, or in other words "be careful what you wish for" (but not exactly in the way you'd expect.) The only negative points for me was the directorial style; there's a lot of dead air and seemingly-pointless scenes, but that gives the movie a relaxed (if bloated) feel. That seems to be something of a French trapping, and I didn't mind it here as much as I normally do.
4 / 5
