The trailer for House of Gucci, and today Hung Up feels comfortable making a declaration: this will be βthe most important movie of our time,β since the previous βmost important movie of our timeβ (A Star Is Born). Here are assorted thoughts about the trailer:
Someone in H*llywood has been on a tear lately, digitally replacing every manβs brown eyes with blue eyes. I feel particularly targeted by this, since the affected men are those I happen to care about or be cursed by: Robert De Niro in The Irishman, TimothΓ©e βHomeland, Homeland, which turned into dome-landβ Chalamet, and now Adam Driver.Β
Now, you can try to reason with me (do not) that βHunter, those men all had blue eyes in real life.β To that I say: movies are not real life, movies are about illusions. I can accept that Vin Diesel is not the same height as John Cena; I can accept that Adam Driverβs characterβs eyes are blue, but that Adam Driverβs eyes are brown.Β
One day I will have to compare and contrast the Lady Gaga-Bradleyβ¦
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