Moo Moo Movie Reviews

Let me just start by saying, David Fincher is one of my favorite directors of all time. His movies, Fight Club and Se7en in particular, are some of my top 50 movies of all time. Needless to say, I went into this movie with high expectations. Bluntly speaking, it did not meet my expectations which is probably my fault for even having such standard for Fincher. This is not to say The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a bad movie but it simply isn't nearly to the level of some of Fincher's other work.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' s premise is as follows: Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist, is sued by a large Swedish corporation and takes a job in order to clear his name. Mikael hires Lisbeth Salander, a computer hacker, to solve the mystery of Harriet Vanger, a woman who has been missing for forty years. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 's color palette and cinematography are incredibly drab with strong use of a sickening yellowy-green to evoke dre...

One of the most groundbreaking movies of the 20th century which dealt with controversial topics that involved mental illness, lobotomy, and electric shock therapy. I have never watched a movie like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and I will probably never watch a movie quite so unique.  The movie's plot runs as follows: McMurphy, a convict, who fakes insanity and is shifted to the special ward for the mentally unstable. In this ward, he must rise up against a cruel nurse, Ratched. To start with, Jack Nicholson's performance as McMurphy is mesmerizing; he oozes a dangerous charisma that makes the audience trust him. His character is almost mysterious as the viewer tries to determine if he truly is insane or simply suffering from an antisocial personality disorder. One scene sticks out in particular, in which McMurphy is the chance to finally escape yet the camera sticks on him for around 20 seconds. It shows this inner struggle as he cares deeply for these men. The s...

A movie directed by Tom Ford which brilliantly parallels our protagonist’s mundane life with an exciting revenge thriller. I enjoyed this movie but found that it lacked in major areas. The contrast between the exciting revenge thriller and our protagonist’s actual reality creates a sense of discontinuity as it draws away from what is real and adds less emphasis to the thriller that unfolds. Nocturnal Animals  is an incredibly meticulous and stylish movie. The cinematography is dynamic, as the reality of the story uses lots of black and white colors, with strong contrasts and dark hues that foreshadow existential dread. The thriller, on the other hand, is filled with vibrant colors. Reality is dark and grimacing with strong use of the color red or burgundy. Scenes beautifully cut from the book into reality. The premise is incredibly unique as Tom Ford crafts two entirely different worlds yet are fully able to illustrate the purpose and direction of both. We are introduced to ...

As a fan of Elton John's music, I was curious to see Rocketman . I got exactly what I expected, a film that strongly follows convention. The 2019 biopic on the prolific Elton John falls short as its combination of melodrama and musical elements muddle the movie's predictable story.  I have a big issue with musical biopics as they tend to follow predictable formulas where the protagonist begins as a nobody before the world is exposed to their amazing talents. What happens next is the protagonist becomes insanely rich but unfulfilled with their saturated lifestyles. They dive into drugs, sex and booze to find purpose where they then push people out of their life.  Something causes them to go sober and the best possible person they can be before reconciling with. This is step by step story of Straight Out of Compton, Bohemian Rhapsody, and Rocketman. Hollywood has the tendency to take popular and financially successful genres, like music biopics or superhero movies, and satu...