A few reviews

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Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

I'm sure everyone was forced to see a trailer for this when they watched some big summer movie, so instead, here's a scene that gives a good sense of how the movie plays out.  It's largely what you'd expect: these films have been diminishing returns since the first one.  At this point, they don't even attempt to have a plot where all the convoluted history and travel makes sense or actually serves a purpose.  It's like the opposite of Occam's Razor.  Is there anything redeeming about the film?  Full review: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/fil...st-knight/

Blade Runner (1982)

My first time watching the Final Cut, though I think I had seen parts of the Director's Cut before.  I think this is one of those things like Dune, where I grew up watching it in the theater and loved it from the start.  As much as later versions make alterations which I like, they inevitably also make changes I don't like.  So in the end I go back to the one I have emotional attachment to, all things being about equal.  Full review: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/film/blade-runner/

What Happened to Monday? (2017)

I liked the production design of this near future sci-fi world... it had that attractive mix of reachable technology with a decayed, used living situation.  Looking at the resume of the director and writer would've set off warning bells for me though, as this ends up making about as much sense as their previous films.  But their previous films were more about fun/horror, whereas this one is meant to be a taut mystery/thriller.  More spoilery review here: https://letterboxd.com/nottheacademy/fil...to-monday/