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I just really like movies

Favorites are my favorite films I watched (or rewatched) in the past month.

Favorite films

  • Shallow Grave
  • Sinners
  • Lisa Frankenstein
  • Secretary

All
  • Manila in the Claws of Light

    ★★★★

  • Black Narcissus

    ★★★½

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    ★★★★

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Friendship

2024

★★★½ Watched

It really does mostly feel like an extended sketch, which is to the benefit of some of the jokes/bits, but honestly I think for the most part hurts the film. It goes sort of 0 to 60 in the way a sketch, being shorter form, has to, but because it has to run much longer than an average sketch it just kind of can’t sustain itself from there and starts to feel really tedious and repetitive at times. Like instead…

Warcraft

2016

★★★ Rewatched

Rewatching for the first time in a while, but it’s kind of exactly what I (surprisingly decent but definitely not quite good). But also Warcraft lore is like kind of a mess so it’s…not necessarily the ideal source to adapt to a movie in the first place. Especially when you’re trying to appeal at least somewhat to general audiences who don’t play the game. But idk this could have easily been so much worse.

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James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

2024

★★★½ Liked Watched

Still definitely enjoyable but I have to it I don’t think it’s nearly as good as Repertoire or Cold Lasagne. To be fair those set incredibly high bars, but even so.

Us

2019

★★★★ Liked Watched

I think this movie would be even better if Lupita Nyong’o played every character instead of just two. Not because I don’t like the rest of the cast, but just because I think most movies would be improved if Lupita Nyong’o played every single character