Jonathan

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Tree of Life
  • Beautiful Boy
  • Columbus

All
  • Grizzly Man

    ★★★★★

  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    ★★★★

  • Manchester by the Sea

    ★★★★★

  • Madagascar

    ★★★½

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Grizzly Man

2005

★★★★★ Watched

A look into the human soul and mind that yearns for purpose. The saddest part is Timothy’s denial of God and his fleeting “purpose” of chasing after wind through the land and the bears that Inhabit it. 

This helped me examine myself and take a step back.

Very similar to Sean Penn’s “into the wild” our main character is not in dire need financially nor is their upbringing one that is worse than those in great suffering. However they both…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

★★★★ Watched

Incredibly well done.

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Trainspotting

1996

★★★★½ Watched

Never trying heroin…and watching Ewan McGregor crash out in his childhood twin bed makes it all the more unattractive

Boyhood

2014

★★★★½ 1

9

Well…well…well…

I think this movie is quite ground breaking.
Of course the plot is not the craziest thing I’ve ever laid eyes on, however the movie feels so raw and real to how people actually are. 

Filmed over 12 years this movie is one to be ed. I don’t think I’ll forget it for a long while. Never getting bored this movie does a great job of using the mom’s constant use of husbands in the beginning to create…