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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses under
the ‘About Me’ section).
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Maxxxine OK
The third and final film in…is it The Ti West Trilogy or Mia
Goth Trilogy? Either one would suffice
given Ti directed all three and Mia starred in all three (I saw it called The X
Trilogy somewhere. Whatever). It began with X (you can read my review for that here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2022/05/x.html)
and followed with its prequel, Pearl
(you can read my review for that in here---https://vampireclown82.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-cellarpearl.html),
just a couple months later in 2022. Now,
you’ll see in my review of X that I
wasn’t too big a fan when I first wrote about it. I gave Pearl
a slightly better review, but still didn’t exactly praise it. You’ll also see in one or the other review
that I said they might age better and I might appreciate them more over
time. Well, I did grow rather fond of
both and have seen them a couple times, thereby anticipating this chronological
sequel to X. For some odd reason I thought X was a much better movie after watching Pearl, Pearl working more as a character study, the kills being a
welcome addition. So was this, my most
anticipated movie of 2024, a worthy addition to the trilogy? Well…it is a mixed bag, as one review I read
said. There’s a much different feel this
time, the setting being Los Angeles (actually filmed there too) instead of a
farm in Texas (filmed in New Zealand), occurring in 1985 (during the time of
the Night Stalker), six years after the events of X, wherein the titular character (Mia Goth resuming her role from X, with just one X in her name) has made
a living as an actress before her past eventually catches up to her (namely the
events in X). It’s marketed as a slasher movie, and, while
people do die (the kills are fine), it barely even is. The revelation felt like a cop out; it’s a
bit tacky, if you will. Now, I wouldn’t
say I exactly disliked this film. I did
admire that it didn’t go the typical slasher route the entire time, and I was
curious as to how it would all play out since I really didn’t know what to
expect; therefore, I was never bored. If
it were a standalone film though I would likely think it rather lackluster; it didn’t
really add anything substantial to the storyline, thereby making it seem a bit
unnecessary. Who’s to say it won’t grow
on me over time though given how much I grew to admire X and Pearl? As of now, it just wasn’t quite what I hoped
for in this trilogy’s concluding entry. 7/9/2024
Other movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
An Angry Boy >>>OK/G
Cellphone (2024) >>>EH
Monolith (2024) >>>OK
No Way Up >>>OK
Rock, Paper, Scissors (2019) >>>OK
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair >>>OK
---Sean O.7/11/2024
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