This source argues that former President Trump's proposed tariff on foreign films and the regulation of content in state universities, particularly in Texas, are attempts to control the ideas and information available to the American public. The author believes these actions, aimed at limiting exposure to provocative or "left-wing" perspectives and promoting a narrow "right-wing" agenda, are indicative of a fascist approach. By limiting access to diverse viewpoints and restricting academic freedom, the author suggests these efforts are ultimately designed to prevent critical thinking and enforce a specific ideology, which the source links to historical examples of fascist regimes' control over intellectual life.

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• 🎥 The fifth Indiana Jones film, titled "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," features Harrison Ford reprising his role as Indiana Jones in his fifth and final adventure.
• 🌟 The movie starts off strongly with an exciting first 20 minutes, showcasing a young Indiana Jones taking on Nazis. However, this strong start works against the movie as a whole due to the rule of contrast.
• 🎬 The de-aging effects for Harrison Ford's character looked good overall, but there were moments when the lip-syncing didn't quite match up.
• 🚗 The movie includes some cool-ish Indiana Jones moments, but the chase sequences are overcooked and rely heavily on CGI and green screen effects, which feel artificial and detract from the excitement.
• 👥 Phoebe Waller-Bridge plays Indiana Jones's goddaughter, but the dynamic between her character and Indy feels forced and their chemistry doesn't work well on screen.
• 🌩️ Some action sequences take place in dark, rainy settings, which effectively hide CGI flaws but also make the scenes hard to follow and less engaging.
• 🎶 John Williams returns to score the film, and his musical score stands out as a highlight, adding depth and emotion to the movie.
• 🎭 Mads Mikkelsen delivers a solid performance as a stoic and soft-spoken character, adding presence to the scenes he appears in.
• ⏳ The movie includes some unrealistic moments where characters survive seemingly impossible situations without explanation, undermining the sense of danger and realism.
• 🌅 The character of Indiana Jones in this film is portrayed as an old, miserable, and depressed alcoholic, lacking the sense of adventure and spirit he had in previous movies.
• 🎞️ The movie feels too long, adhering to the trend of longer runtimes in contemporary films, which the reviewer finds unnecessary and a detriment to the overall experience.
• ❓ Overall, the movie doesn't live up to the potential of its concept and falls short of expectations. It leaves the reviewer feeling indifferent and unlikely to remember it in the long term.

SPOILERS

• 🎶 The alternate ending to I Am Legend was better than the theatrical one.
• 📚 The film was an adaptation of a sci-fi horror classic novel by Richard Matheson, which was about the tragedy of surviving an apocalypse and the atrocities a society is willing to commit in the name of myths and legends.
• 🧑‍🔬 The film starred Will Smith as Robert Neville, a scientist turned vampire hunter, in a world overrun with vampires or "Darkseekers."
• 🧟‍♂️ The CGI depiction of the Darkseekers was a problem, and their portrayal as soulless beasts until the end of the movie was the real sticking point for most people.
• 💉 Neville discovers a cure for the affliction and gives it to Anna and Ethan, but the Darkseekers find him and swarm his lab.
• 💥 Neville uses his grenade to destroy himself and all the Darkseekers, saving humanity, but the ending is convoluted.
• 🦇 Matheson's book's ending dealt with the idea that the vampires Neville hunted were sentient and saw him as a legendary monster.
• 🔪 Neville realizes the truth and leaves the vampires in peace, recontextualizing the story's whole premise.

Residents in Tembisa, South Africa, rioted for three consecutive nights to remove all aliens from their township, illustrating issues of discrimination and xenophobia. In 2009, Neill Blomkamp, a South African Canadian filmmaker, directed "District 9," a film that explored similar themes. The movie, which began as a short film called "Alive in Joburg," employed a unique approach to special effects that redefined the language of film. Blomkamp, who had extensive experience in the visual effects industry, wanted to make a film with VFX that no one would notice, using a faux documentary style that became a deeply cinema verite style, obscuring the fact that there were millions of dollars on screen. Blomkamp and the team at Weta Digital shot plates with actor Jason Cope wearing a data capture suit to stand in as the reference for all the prawns, but since they couldn't shoot clean plates, they painted in the background information frame by frame for every shot in the film, a process that was laborious, expensive

I really enjoyed this short movie. Accomplished a lot in a small window of time.

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Very fun reaction DM reaction video to D&D movie trailer. Loved it!