Long time coming on this one. Watched it around Halloween and rewatched today - I liked the genre interplay, a slowcore indie movie wearing classic horror as a sexy costume. I dig the b&w look, odd urban settings, costume design. But by the end the story felt hollow and I didn't connect to the characters much (except that cat in the last scene though, lmfao). The slow dance moments get cheesy although they still work - I think the one with the little disco ball looks really cool but it goes on for so long it's also kinda funny. I do wish there was more of the horror element, I suppose I was hoping for it to get more surreal or weird than it does. I feel like you could do more with the premise of a skateboarding feminist vampire in that mode, but I guess that's just taste. I love the cup it comes in but the tea isn't for me - 6/10
Luca
Is Disney trying to turn Bruno into the new Karen? This is apparently the 24th Pixar release and the effects of diminishing returns are felt to a millennial who grew up with Toy Story and A Bugs Life...and is also now in his thirties and not a child. They set a high bar for themselves, and this just ain't on the level of a Finding Nemo. It's alright, I mean it's sweet and charming but it lacks the depth of a classic Disney entry. The animation varies wildly in quality, populating beautiful photo-realistic renderings of the Italian Riviera with bland, expressively limited characters. Maybe it's going for a Wallace and Gromit look but I don't think that works well outside of claymation. Granted, kids aren't going to be bothered by it. 6/10
Nobody
This was a fun but aggressively tropey dad power fantasy. It's basically Bob Odenkirk doing a Steven Segal movie with a bigger budget. They set it up well with the initial burglary, making the audience think he should have taken a swing in self defense and then having every character tell him he's a wuss for twenty minutes. Really spring-loads the big bus fight where he lets all his emasculated rage out and I stop taking the movie seriously - I mean, Odenkirk can't take the trash out on time but he can take out six mafia dudes at once? Christopher Lloyd is in a nursing home but he can thwart assassination attempts? It gets silly. The action was done well though, generally. Some of the music choices were nice. If you can stomach a vigilante fever dream it's a good time - 7/10