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2025

Liked 1

have to sit on this a bit more, but definitely my favorite watch at Cannes so far. it’s important to consider Ari Aster’s upbringing in the southwest here. as a fellow southwesterner myself, i think he really captures the contradictions of the region and the people who live there, which i think is likely being confused as him playing some kind of both-sidesism when, to me at least, feels like one of the truest reflections of the region in film.…

1991

Liked Watched 22 Mar 2025

I think this one is going to be the one that finally gets me to jump from any kind of real rating system in this platform. Had a blast in this one. Full brain melt. Loved every minute and confusing directorial choice that es in this.

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2024

★★½ Rewatched 05 Jan 2025

3rd time seeing this with my kid (we went to the sing-a-long screening this go-around). 

My takeaway from round 3:
- The Wizard and I + Defying Gravity slap (purely on Erivo’s vocal delivery that elevates the underwhelming visuals)
- Cynthia Erivo carries the film, Ariana Grande was like a hand in glove as Glinda
- John Chu is a peak product of USC’s film school (derogatory)

2024

★★★★ 1

EDIT: originally had this at 3.5, but reevaluated it

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