Indie Film Release Guide: July 2nd [An ONTD Original]

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Saw Zola on Tuesday, and I was whelmed. I thought the performances were good and the visuals and sound design were well done, but the script was lackluster and kind of flat, which was surprising for such an unusual story. I will say that the theater for Zola was packed and they had to add extra showtimes, so I won't be surprised if it does well. Then again, that could just be because LA doesn't have the Arclight anymore, where a movie like that would play huge.

Last night, we watched Do the Right Thing, which I'd never seen before, and damn, that was good! I will never get used to Spike Lee's acting - he is easily the worst part of every movie he is in - but aside from that, it was so well done. Great sense of atmosphere and community, clear visual communication of an intangible feeling of heat, and tension building and pacing that really pays off by the end. And boy, has it held up.

This week/weekend, I'm planning to go see Werewolves Within and maybe Summer of Soul, and then to watch No Sudden Move, and maybe the Fear Street movie and/or Tomorrow War at home. I'd usually skip on TTW altogether, but it has a couple of comedians I really like in it, so I kinda wanna see how they do!

[firstknivesclub]

I didn't like how Zola just like....ended?

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[Spoiler (click to open)]lol, they were truly like "endings... who needs them??". really did not love that!

[piratesswoop]

same, it seemed like they didn’t know what to do with the ending so they just….didn’t

[lyra_loo]

Do the Right Thing is one of my favorite movies ever. my indie theater did a retrospective on Spike Lee a couple years ago and i took my husband to see it. he didn't know anything about it other than the title and he was mad at me for not giving him any info beforehand lol. but i thought everyone knew what it was about! and he still talks about it to this day for being one of his best theater experiences!