Karsten has written 118 reviews for films during 2023.
1975
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my pick for the first movie i’d show an alien. has everything you need to know about film, music, people, america, all of it is here. and more! so natural too, watching the commentary i’m not surprised how many happy accidents there were while filming. perfect, every second of it
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2023
so sterile on a rewatch, which is proof how far relying on easter eggs and references can take you. started off thinking this is a mostly inoffensive thing that’s probably great for the kids but by the time i was 45 minutes deep it hit me just how phoned in it was. nearly every creative choice can be owed to nintendo. every meaningless line of dialogue, every lazy song choice, we’ve all seen it before in some other more original…
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2003
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watched the charlie brown xmas special last night so the filthiness of some of these scenes hit me like a bus. as usual his attention to detail is unmatched, why could i smell so many of these scenes? whole thing is a disorienting mix of realism and absurdity, which i suppose is every kon movie, but for him to use it in such a grounded “family” movie makes it incomparable to anything else he made. funnier the longer you’re in it and the credits is just the cherry on top
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