With only six films under his belt, Rian Johnson’s professional career has already gone through a series of very high intensity events. Let’s say that the (extraordinary) director and screenwriter has walked the fields of triumph and failure with the same firmnessfeeling with force and exaggeration the love and passion of an audience who applauded and booed him passionately.
All Rian Johnson, from worst to best
6 “The Bloom Brothers”
Despite being the least inspired work of Rian Johnson’s career, demonstrating his very high level, ‘The Bloom Brothers’ is one hundred percent entertaining film. Written and directed with wonderful pacing and leaving behind a good handful of great scenes, this story full of impossible twists and delusional characters manages to end up captivating, despite the irregularities of its pacing, thanks largely to a cast in which shines with her own light, an enchanting Rachel Weisz. A minor Johnson? It could be, but there is a lot of amazing entertainment here.
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Rian Johnson’s first feature already marks what will be the most characteristic signs of his cinema: great characters, stories as twisted as they are exciting, a particular and equally effective sense of humor, intelligent and audacious staging, and endings that surprise and excite, completing exemplary pieces of intrigue. Led by a fantastic Joseph Gordon-Levitt, this love letter to film noir and mob thriller under an institution called brick It is an exemplary debut from all points of view of sight. A jewel.
Brick in eCartelera
4 ‘Knives in the back’
Two years after being unjustly torn apart by the galactic fandom for his (extraordinary) ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, Rian Johnson is back with what would become one of the biggest blockbusters of 2019: ‘Daggers in the Back ‘. And we’re talking about a more than deserved triumph for that one hilarious proposal It captivated you completely from its fabulous prologue and didn’t let you go until its brilliant resolution. If we add to this a steely script, magnificent direction and a five-star cast with an immeasurable Ana de Armas and a standing ovation Daniel Craig, the solution (and the vote) falls under its own weight: exceptional.
Daggers in the back to eCartelera
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Five years before signing the best galactic installment since ‘Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back’, aka ‘The Last Jedi’, is always a good time to remember, Rian Johnson has delivered one of those sci-fi proposals that amaze, entertain and impact with the same effectiveness and force. We are talking about ‘Looper’, a film starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, splendid from start to finish, which proposed a constant game of times, faces and narratives. A roller coaster of surprises, action, intrigue, wonderful scenes and characters.
Looper on eCartelera
2 “Knives in the Back: The Mystery of the Glass Onion”
After the huge and unexpected success of ‘Puñales por el espalda’, it was a matter of time before a sequel was launched. And so, three years and a pandemic later, came “Daggers in the Back: The Mystery of the Glass Onion.” And we were as happy as the first time. Or more.
Released in limited theaters, is what must be sealed by Netflix, we are faced with a sequel that not only lives up to expectations, above, but also, at times, surpasses its predecessor. Again, Johnson has a cast dedicated to the cause where Janelle Monáe’s mesmerizing performance should be highlighted, but what is really important is that it repeats itself even when it comes to shaping a script that is as complex as it is hilarious, as intelligent as it is acidic, as labyrinthine as it is satisfying. One of the great films of this year.
Daggers in the Back: The Glass Onion Mystery at Movie’n’co
1 ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
Here is a fan of the eighth installment of the most important film saga in the history of cinema. Rather, here is a fan surrendering to one of the greatest blockbusters of this century. The value of a film like the one delivered by Rian Johnson is incalculable in its very essence as a generator of debates, controversies and extremes, three elements that have not appeared for too long in the “Star Wars” universe and which, of course, we did not expect to do it so sensationally at this point. But these last Jedi have turned the house upside down, blasting expectations and challenging lifelong admirers, an audience anchored in one of those pasts in which millions of childhoods live together, always on the verge of being killed, through a series of plot surprises. absolutely overwhelming. .
Nothing was as you expected and that was the best news possible. The visual spectacle hasn’t ceased, but the narrative and epic intensity of the story has gone from less to more until it reaches one of the most dazzling final stretches the genre has seen in a long, long time. All Johnson’s intentions led to those last minutes of capital cinema, capable of bringing an entire saga like ‘Star Wars’, it is easy to say, to another level. An entertainment masterpiece which, as if that weren’t enough, ended with one of those shots destined to remain in the collective memory. The controversies will continue, it is inevitable, but no one will take this wonderful experience away from us.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi on eCartelera
However, beyond the galactic controversies, what really matters is that we are dealing with an amazing talent capable of injecting intelligence, humor, complexity, imagination, criticism and, above all, originality to a Hollywood increasingly in need of these elements. And she did it, for that matter, without making a single mistake to date.
How it will go down in the history of the seventh art is clear, we still mention the Jedi, but hopefully the talent with which Rian Johnson has focused these years of effervescent and exceptional cinema will end up weighing more. A wonderful screenwriter and a great director who knew how to survive the impossible, a gigantic blockbuster that attracted fierce criticism from a large part of the audience, without losing a bit of his charisma, sensibility and artistic personality. What was an example in the midst of the noise.
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Bernice Bonaparte is an author and entertainment journalist who writes for The Fashion Vibes. With a passion for pop culture and a talent for staying up-to-date on the latest entertainment news, Bernice has become a trusted source for information on the entertainment industry.
