Diary entries forA House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamite
this was 2 hours of nuclear edging. ending was so ridiculously anticlimatic and not at all in a “damn that’s fair and provocative” kind of way. most of the time the multiple perspectives thing i enjoy. here it just became ridiculously repetitive. nothing from the subsequent perspectives really revealed anything extra that we didnt already know from the first. i liked rebecca ferguson. she was solid. i don’t know how i didnt hear idris elba as potus the first two times 😂 i honestly think id have respected it a lot if we just never saw the face of potus. i appreciate the realness that bigelow brings to war stuff. a level of detail that feels very realistic. that will always be appreciated. overall tho this was dissapointing. i laughed at the overdrama of it many times, including the ever so corny line “this is insanity! no.. this is reality”. no, that is comedy - impersonating solemnity. i’m not mad i watched but this left me wanting a lot more. there’s def a way we coulda saw the strike without it being a bad ending…right?
A House of Dynamite
with the current us president being you know who, let's hope something like this doesn't happen
A House of Dynamite
Essa parada de ficar voltando as mesmas falas irrita pra caralho. As atuações são muito boas, mas ficar revendo tudo de novo e de novo é chato demais. E que finalzinho fraco.
A House of Dynamite
A House of Dynamitetruly horrified me, scaring me in ways that horror films simply cannot. Having read Nuclear Warby Annie Jacobsen last year, many of the scenarios here were still fresh in my mind, and getting to see them play out, essentially in real time, took my breath away. Bigelow maintains a tight grip on tension, never letting it get slack, which comes to fruition in a film that is calm, yet simultaneously pulse-pounding. It’s a horrifying film to watch, but one that, unfortunately, is timely as ever.
A House of Dynamite
i feel like i just got edged for 1hr and 52 minutes but in a good way
A House of Dynamite
74/100 Check out my 2025 ranked - https://boxd.it/Fn1G4 As is the case with every Katheryn Bigelow film, it’s about the journey and not the end. This film however suffers from that cliffhanger. Yes this was sold as a movie showcasing what would happen if a nuclear attack was to be initiated and America’s response to it but by the end, you find yourself wholly dissatisfied because ultimately, they show very little and the worst part of it is that they show the same dialogue from multiple perspectives in three different arcs, the second arc is pure tension but the third arc is just repetitive and wasteful. You’d think the President would be the most impactful character in such a film but it’s quite the opposite. I like Gabriel Basso, Greta Lee was heavily underutilised, Jason Clarke was banging as usual and that’s about it. The others did what they could but nothing really interesting. The tension is definitely there and your expectations keep rising but that house full of dynamite is a house full of duds by the end. The soundtrack is disappointing and borderline annoying because it’s the same tune repeated over and over and I guess that’s the running theme with this movie. While it is quite interesting and entertaining, there’s simply not much at offer here, in fact the more I think about it, the lower I go so let’s leave it here.
A House of Dynamite
u can just tell when a film is a netflix original
A House of Dynamite
não creio que perdi 1h e 43 minutos da minha vida pra ver isso
A House of Dynamite
El verdadero terror empieza cuando te pones a pensar quienes estarían tomando las decisiones de la película en la vida real. Esta película pudo haber tenido uno de los mejores guiones del año pero su estructura narrativa se inclina a generar una reacción sobre el objetivo en si mismo: un análsis político sobre la posesión y uso de armas nucleares. (Esto empieza a ser más relevante hasta el tercer acto de la película). La dirección de Bigelow muestra el interés de construir un ambiente realísta con una cámara inestable haciendo más inmersiva la historia pero su guion le limita a ser redundante en la tensión al rededor de la gran crisis. Creo que se puede ahondar más en las decisiones creativas de la película pero no puedo negar que, pese a sus errores, la película es capaz de mantenerte atento de principio a fin solo por el morbo de conocer el destino final de los personajes. Una bala que se pudo haber aprovechado por la situación sociopolítica internacional pero no fue bien ejecutada.
A House of Dynamite
Didn't expect the ending, all the performances were phenomenal. Sometimes it feels like this could very well be something that not far in the future could come to pass and that, is as bleak and terrifying truth.
