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I've waited for years to see this. I'm a Fan of "Q". But Kill Bill has always been my least favorite film from him. I always understood that the studios made him chop the film up into two parts. SO I always considered parts One and Part Two as 1 release. I saw the Whole Bloody affair in 2025 in the cinema. And while I feel It still contains a major pacing flaw pertaining to last 1/3 of the film, I also feel this presentation shown in it's long form REDEEMS a lot of the flaws.

Seeing it like this has altered my opinion on the film and makes me appreciate it more.

There is no denying that visually, This Q entry is by far the greatest "Looking" film in his catalogue. Each scene is a stunning feast for the eyes that recalls the cinematography work seen in the films of Brian Dipalma, Sergio Leone, Martin Scorsese and Orson Welles.

The storytelling and dialogue are superb, the music selections and sound design are legendary. The Ennio Morricone scores, re-used from the the classic "Dollars Trillogy." are some of the greatest movie scores of all time and they perfectly heighten the experience.

I personally feel this should be edited down to 3 hours 40 minutes. Creating the world's greatest piece of cinema. By somehow reworking the nonlinear editing of the storyline to build the climax of the film towards the end of the picture instead of in the middle... To me this still remains the film's greatest flaw. However, despite this major flaw the collective of everything else still puts this movie in the 8 1/2 to 9 star range.

It's just an amazing spectacle to witness. IT MUST BE SEEN AS ONE FILM!

With a budget of $3 million, "Flow" achieves something Hollywood and Disney can't do with $300 Million: make a movie that makes you "feel" emotions rather than try to sell your kids movie branded toys.

It's beautiful to look at and it tells an enthralling story. There is not one word of dialog. So we are spared the dumb "Dad Jokes" and instantly dated sarcastic quips, delivered by celebrity voices over acting for comedic effect. Also missing here are the childish "Fall down go boom" gags that were worn out in the 1940's but still somehow dominate the "Franchise Hell Machine" that make up every animated release in the modern era.

Finally a real film with a real heart. If you can watch this film and not feel empathy for the animals in the story, go see a mental health professional...

Quite frankly Flow is one of the best films of 2024.

Possibly the worst movie of 2024? That's debatable, but Maxxxine is definitely a contender. The film feels like the producers, writers, director and star of "Pearl" now had a bigger budget to make a full-length movie, but they had no script. Or even a concept of a plot. It feels like they just wanted to exploit the reputation they built on the last two films and simply let Chatgpt write the script for this one. Then they went to the universal backlot to film every scene with no sense of direction. They added some neon logos and suddenly you have 80's nostalgia? A24 is going downhill quickly. Terrible movie.