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(movie) Glass Onion (2022) – dopadljiva razbibriga za jedno gledanje

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Kada je izašao Knives Out, bio mi je okej za pogledati, ali mi je smetalo Daniel Craigovo preglumljivanje i prejak južnjački naglasak u ulozi detektiva Benoit Blanca, no kada je objavljeno da će izaći svojevrstan nastavak nisam se začudio s obzirom da je Knives Out bio prilično uspješan i u kinima i na Netflixu. Kao i prvi film, drugi dio odnosno slučaj nazvan Glass Onion ima odličnu glumačku postavu, predvođenu Craigom a tu je i Edward Norton kao i bivši kečer Dave Bautista koji je već napravio respektabilnu glumačku karijeru u mnogim blockbusterima. U ovom filmu Blanc dobije poziv sa još nekoliko muškaraca i žena da dođe na grčki udaljeni otok kao gost Milesa Brona(Edward Norton) kako bi proveli vikend igrajući igru kojom će istraživati fiktivno ubojstvo tog istog gospodina. No, kako stvari bivaju dogodi se stvarno ubojstvo kada Duke Cody(Dave Bautista) popije otrov u Milesovoj čaši što pokrene val otkrića izdaja, motiva, neprijateljstava, zamjerki, prevara, a Blanc i Andi Brand (Janelle Monáe) pokušavaju otkriti tko laže, tko je ubojica i tko je najveće zlo od nazočnih. Kao i prvi film, ovaj također obiluje odličnim dijalozima, twistewima u radnji i interakcijom između glumaca čiji su likovi dobro napisani i drže vodu, da se tako izrazim. Craig briljira i ne ide mi na živce kao u Knives Out, a Edward Norton je također odličan i nosi film kao razmaženi bogataš koji je naviknut da uvijek bude sve po njegovom i ne mari za nikoga osim samog sebe. Ostali likovi su također dobro razrađeni, kao na primjer senator Claire Debella(odlična Kathryn Hahn) ili starleta Birdie(Kate Hudson). Film je također i nekako lijepo napravljen, sjajne su mi boje i sjajni su mi prikazi grčkog otoka i okolice, kao i interijeri Milesove vile Glass Onion u kojoj je kao što ste mogli pretpostaviti većina stvari i umjetnina kao i kupola od stakla. Veselim se trećem nastavku za kojeg vjerujem da će napraviti. Ovo nije nešto što se zauvijek pamti, ali za jednom pogledati je sasvim solidno.

7,5/10

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(review) Cursebinder – ‘Drifting’ (Avantgarde Music)

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Cursebinder are hailing from Krakow, Poland and they are another testament of Polish extreme underground music scene vastness and greatness with so many excellent bands coming from that mighty country. The band was formed in 2019 and this is their debut opus and it contains eight songs. Music of Cursebinder can be simply described as black metal but it is so much more. Coldness is definitely there with black metal guitar riffs and blast beats being delivered here and there to crush your meat from the bones. Vocals are bordering somewhere between black metal and death metal growls. Opener ‘Affected by Panic’ is example how this band easily shifts from aggressive total all out war black metal parts to more psychedelic and spacy cold post metal ambient guitar parts and tempo changes from blast beat war to a bit of groove and post rock. My personal favorites on this album are ‘Drifting’ the mighty title track with slower start and almost sludge parts and doom metal influenced parts, and also ‘Becoming’ with eerie and almost horror like atmosphere. So, if you like technical abilities, brutality and prowess of Behemoth and Mgla, combined with occasional melody, melancholy, post metal, atmospheric coldness of space and void, go try this band’s opus. I assure you that you will not regret it.

8,5/10

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(review) Godiva – ‘Hubris’

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Portugal has interesting and varied metal and extreme music underground scene and I am glad I discovered one more band from that nice country. Godiva are hailing from Porto and this is their brand new opus. This one contains ten songs. The music of Godiva is a mixture between black death metal and some gothic metal influences mostly the darkened atmosphere of the opus as a whole. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls but you can understand what is being sung about, so that is another plus for this band in my opinion. Music varies from aggression of blast beats black metal to more atmospheric keyboard led melodies and symphonic black death metal passages not unlike later Dimmu Borgir era, at least I heard it that way, that does not mean this band is a clone of mentioned band or anything. Godiva lean more into guitar metal oriented side of things and less on symphonic metal, although there is enough of both to satisfy fans of both genres. Songs like ‘Death of Icarus’, ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Faceless’ are my personal favorites. You will have to find ones for yourselves.

8/10.

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