I loathe baseball for a very normal mature reason which is it pushed the Treehouse of Horror episode into November for over a decade. I will never forgive this.
That’s what we’re here to read. The darkness is palpable.
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“It was the Chicago in me that kept me from jumping out in front of the nearest moving car.”
“Essence of Life” by Gail Simone, Tula Lotay, Jared K. Fletcher (2013)
This anthology seems to rely on having some knowledge about these characters from the main series, so it does feel like there’s some vital information missing. But it still hits the high notes.
Kind of a snooze since it’s the same formula for most of the movie. It eventually comes around to something kinda new in their attempt to pacify Jason, but it’s still borrowing from an earlier movie to get there.
On the one hand, I jumped in my seat the first time Jason appeared, even knowing that happens from past experience. It is certainly a spooky vibe. But the route that leads to the finale is particular and not well-explained, so it takes real tenacity and many playthroughs to get there.
I really don’t think there’s a subgenre for Candyman, and that’s Okay. That said, I would say the 2021 movie was nearly everything that a modern follow up to the original needed. I need to re-watch it and remind myself of the details, but while the original has roots deep in understanding the roots of racial inequality, 2021 took it into a whole new level and depth, not to mention coming from a black perspective which is a glaring absence from the original. The only major flaw of 2021 is the score. It desperately needed something to match the original Philip Glass score which turns the first movie into a sacred experience. The conventional score of 2021 Candyman doesn’t detract from an otherwise stellar piece of cinema, but it doesn’t elevate it either. That one flaw aside, Candyman 2021 is breathtaking. Its lukewarm critical reception, in my eyes, speaks large volumes about how little credence they were willing to give a feature film directed by a black woman. I read some of those reviews and I have to wonder of they paid any attention to the movie they were watching.
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