Black
Mass is a blend of 70s, 80s, 90s and occasional 00s mob tropes balanced into
one surprisingly effective film. Black Mass takes a lot from previous
gangster films: complex alliances, morbid humor, a rise and fall story, villain
protagonists, snitches and persistent paranoia, rivaling businesses, clashing
ethnicities, and of course brutal, unapologetic violence…violence done right I
might add. The major difference between Black Mass and its previous mob influences
is its grim and gritty violence; there’s some dark s%!t happening in Black Mass, with no effort to lighten
the impact (making its film title all the more appropriate). The violence is given no bright and colorful cinematography,
catchy soundtrack, or witty dark humor—when it happens, Black Mass is blunt, bleak and highly effective.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
SET PUBLISHING DATES!!!+Changes to the Quick Review/Film Review Format (Format Changes)
A chief goal since Film Reviewer Jr.’s beginning has been to release at least one film post per week—and aside from the rare occasion (November 2013 being a good example, where student teaching plus college studies ate up my free time), I’ve kept good to such promise. Yet while one can (practically) expect a post each week, the release day has varied between the seven available. I’ve never given release days for readers to follow, frankly because I didn’t want to follow said dates; a whole week to work, finalize, and release a post is less stressful than a set date per week, especially with reality throwing those predictably unpredictable curveballs. Such vagueness can be potentially frustrating for you the reader, being unaware which day(s) I’ll be publishing (will I publish Monday, or wait till the week’s end?)—as such I’ve created a solution too hopefully satisfy both concerns.
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