Denis Villeneuve's NEXT FLOOR (2008)

The Platform, if reversed and cut way down
Is how we might describe this now, but ere
That weird conceit came this short, grey and brown
Yet glistening, a feast no one would dare
Partake of, yet these diners gorge despite
Some risks. Not since Pete Greenaway set out
To ruin restaurants has food less brought appetite
Up to the fore. What's all of this about?
It's short, go look on YouTube, but prepare
For frightfulness and creepiness and sounds
Of dining that will make you never care
To feed again as staffers make the rounds
A-keeping up the flow of haute cuisine
E'en as we slowly guess what this all means.

Denis Villeneuve's BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)

"As beautiful as 1982,"

It seems, was Denis' brief, a challenge met

And then some. When each frame is art, then you

Can lose the story, but this film won't let

That happen, as the actors' gazes are

Our guides to what's important. Too, the style

Of key performances well serves to bar

Our quick jumps to conclusions. All the while 

The practical effects (so stunning) keep

Us far from disbelieving what's before

Our eyes. And Zimmer does a perfect, deep

Vangelis for a perfect pastiche score.

Uncanny valley Rachel is a low,

But otherwise, this nears a perfect show!