Conor Brannigan

(he/him)
second most correct film opinion haver after anna mcdonald

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Star Wars
  • Paris, Texas
  • Cléo from 5 to 7

All
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets

    ★★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible III

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible II

    ★★★

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Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

★★★★½ Liked Watched

A very British slasher

I didn't fucking recognise Alec Guinness in most of these roles, absolutely insane chameleon-like show from him

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

2011

★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Mission Impossible franchise watch: entry 4

I love when a franchise establishes long-running conventions and then subverts them, shocking the audience. In this film the ending twist is "what if we DIDN'T forget about the previous mission impossible movie!"

MI: 2 and 3 made the IDF feels like a special forces unit but Ghost Protocol restores the slick and classy spy thriller feel. The prison escape, Kremlin, and Burj Khalifa scenes are all peak and I enjoy personal thoroughlines being…

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Dune: Part Two

2024

★★★★★ Liked Watched

I've been waiting over 2 years for this movie and it's crazy how much it lives up to the hype. I felt my soul leave my body. Some scenes in this are just all timers. I already need to go back. No idea what else to write rn because how do I process this. Denis I love you

Baltimore

2023

★★★ Liked 2

Tense, but that tension is cheaply achieved through constant cliffhangers, misdirects, crescendos at the end of every scene and a LOT of claves. The more it dragged, the more I tired of the time jumps and I left not really even knowing why Rose Dugdale ed the IRA. Because of repressed anger? There was a lot more to it than that.