#MiniReview #Movies #VideoGames Having played several of the games, albeit never to completion, I was curious about Borderlands (2024). The distinctive “colorful apocalypse” aesthetics are beautifully rendered, and the general tone is as unserious as the games’, making for an entertaining experience.

My only regret? There’s a lot of shootin’, but no lootin’ at all, despite it being the main point of the game. I was expecting one of the main characters to spend some time comparing two weapons at an inconvenient time, but no dice.

Very interesting and enlightening analysis about #light in #cinematography:
https://www.polygon.com/23661749/why-movies-look-dark-cinematography

Since I have read this article for the first time already some time ago, I am watching #movies with a complete different view.

#cinema

Why are movies so dark these days?

The Batman, Dune, Jurassic World Dominion, Peter Pan & Wendy, even the Harry Potter movies — people have been complaining more and more about dark cinematography and hard-to-see scenes in new movies. A guest director walks us through the reasons.

^{A.B. Allen (Polygon)}

#MiniReview #Movies Dune: Part 2 (2024) is a faithful continuation of the first movie. A lot of spectacular and pointless fighting and too little but tense intrigue. Overall a good spectacle way showier than the books.

Awaiting the hopefully last movie in the series. Much like Star Wars, this franchise has the potential to bog down with each subsequent release.