The Last Wave (1977) - Peter Weir's take on doomsday theory with an Aboriginal twist. Great psychological thriller. 8/10 and nice complement to Miracle Mile. I love 70s and 80s movies so much, the ones you don't hear about too frequently but feel so grounded and authentic in how the stories are told.

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Also saw the new Spider-Man this week - meh. The origin story and first half of the movie were so half-assed. It literally screamed, "We need to get this crap out of the way so we can get to some action."

I'm surprised people are putting it above Raimi's first Spider-Man, a much better movie in my opinion. This new one just didn't have good character development. The Uncle Ben/Peter relationship was utterly botched. Lizard's motivation was paper thin.

I can't remember Peter being so open with his new abilities in the older movie. In this one he dunks from 15 feet and dents a goalpost by throwing a football from 70+ yards away. Nobody suspicious? Just lazy writing to me.

Not a bad movie, but not as good as Raimi's first two.