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The final scene is simply bellissima. A perfect ending to a perfect film.

Still the best Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi.

Nolan’s best for sure.

Memento?

Which one is that?

The one like Tenet—it goes forwards and backwards—but it’s actually good.

It was fun, but full of cheesy post-Cold War positivity. Each scene just feels like setup for the next singing sequence, rather than an effort to meaningfully develop the characters or plot. Characters have massive changes of heart ‘just cuz’. The strongest point was that it wasted little time on setup and its stylish musical numbers were great. Maybe I just need to take Whoopi’s advice and Get up Offa that Thang (my high horse).

So far so good.

So perfect it’s inconceivable.

Where were Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley?

Cringy comedy usually hurts me more than it humors me, but this one was just unserious enough for me to still enjoy it.

This is exactly what Marvel needed.

“Fever dream ahh movie.”

— Shakespeare. Act III Scene IV. King Lear.

First movie watched with the loml ❤️

Displace one note and there would be diminishment.

I liked it, but it mostly just made me want to rewatch Ex Machina and The Invisible Man.

Beautiful. Shakespearean. Devastating in a way that only best friend tragedies can be.

Incredible.

Fell surprisingly flat for me. Each character felt interchangeable. And the movie’s thesis—high-octane action—was sparser and less punchy than I expected going in. There were some redeeming qualities, like the cast and quieter moments, but I had higher hopes.

Needed more flashbacks during the dialogue. And more post-credits scenes.

Severance theme at 59:57.

I love the singing motif, the lightning effects, the charming child’s play. I like the slapstick, the creative laughs, the stunning cinematography. I dislike the length and the pacing of the late second and early third act. I hate the unnecessary sexualization of the young girl, whose objectification by the film in the first act I felt ran contrary to its themes and messaging.

It takes a lot for an A24 elevated horror movie to surprise me at this point, but this one succeeded.

The best LOTR adaptation of all time.

French people, amirite?

I enjoy a good title pun.

A little heavy on the cringe comedy, but otherwise hilarious.

Not enough Zoom meetings.

The B story was the Better story.

Breve ma dolce.

Spirited Away can eat my tros. This one’s the GOAT!

I want more famous people explaining finance to me in cutaways.

legendary

This guy likes feet I can tell.

My least favorite thing about horror movies is how they almost never succeed in gradually building tension throughout the whole film, because doing so for 90 minutes straight is an impossibly precise task. That is why some of the most horrifying stories are the shortest ones—they don’t leave your frontal lobe enough time to comfort your spinal cord, leaving you with a horrifying feeling that takes much longer to dissipate. This one has stuck with me for two years, and the chill has never gone away…

The fact that half these actors were actual prisoners in this program is mind blowing.

Serviceable, but a bit too Oscar-bait-ey for me. Nothing I haven’t seen before.

The creeper extinction song goes “Hey Mickey you’re so fine, you’re so fine you blow my mind hey Mickey”

The real pain is the fact Kieran Culkin is the frontrunner nomination for ing actor when #1 he’s a lead actor in this and #2 he is literally just playing poor Roman Roy. The movie itself was decent, but having two obnoxious main characters made me anxious for it to end.

Face of last year’s Oscar epic MC: ☹️
Face of this year’s Oscar epic MC: 🥺

What resting sad face is in store for us next year?

Feels like I’ve watched this movie ten times already. Like when I came out of the theater for Bohemian Rhapsody. And Rocketman. And Elvis. Which is a shame because Ed Norton and Timmy really gave it their all.

I liked it and then it just… ended. Abruptly. It seems like Henry Sugar is the only story I strongly enjoyed in this collection.

Casual orangutan racism.

This made me so nostalgic. Like most things, it didn’t quite live up to my recollections, but it was still a jolly good time.

If a film can make you pity Roy Cohn...

Coens with another co-win!

Expectations are everything. I went in expecting a total shitshow, and what I got was arguably even worse—utter mediocrity. Until, about halfway through, I chose to view the rest of the film as a campy self-satire, at which point it became hilarious.

Rewatching my favorites. Man is this a perfect movie.

This movie needs to be studied. By top men.

Wild Robot minus Pedro Pascal.

This review may contain spoilers.

There’s something uniquely tragic about two best friends growing apart. It’s something that touches my heart unlike any romantic or familial loss.

Sandy, my darlin'
You hurt me real bad
You know it's true
But, baby, you gotta believe me when I say
I'm helpless without you

How long am I supposed to wait before watching the second?

• Before Sunrise
• Before Sunset
• Before Midnight
• The Time Traveler's Wife
• About Time
• Wicked: For Good
• Flow
• The Age of Adaline
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Pride & Prejudice

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• Life Is Beautiful
• The Princess Bride
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• It's a Wonderful Life
• The Sound of Music
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Nights of Cabiria
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Paths of Glory
• Amadeus

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1. The Brutalist
2. Challengers
3. Conclave
4. Wicked
5. Civil War
6. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
7. Dune: Part Two
8. Trap
9. The Substance
10. I Saw the TV Glow

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I have nothing to prove to you.

1. Anatomy of a Fall
2. Oppenheimer
3. Barbie
4. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
5. Past Lives
6. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
7. The Zone of Interest
8. American Fiction
9. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
10. Poor Things

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• Wicked
• Conclave
• Trap
• Challengers
• Civil War
• Dune: Part Two
• Oppenheimer
• Barbie
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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My one billion trillion percent objectively correct scientifically peer-reviewed ranking of every Ghibli film.

1. Howl's Moving Castle
2. Grave of the Fireflies
3. Castle in the Sky
4. Kiki's Delivery Service
5. My Neighbor Totoro
6. Spirited Away
7. Princess Mononoke
8. The Boy and the Heron
9. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
10. When Marnie Was There

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My quintillion bajillion percent indisputably objective ranking of Tarantino films.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Reservoir Dogs
3. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
6. Django Unchained
7. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
8. Jackie Brown
9. The Hateful Eight
10. Death Proof

My definitive, perfect, and absolute ranking of Fincher films that has no objectivity whatsoever, meaning if you disagree you’re objectively wrong.

1. Zodiac
2. Se7en
3. Gone Girl
4. Fight Club
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
6. The Social Network
7. The Killer
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9. The Game
10. Mank

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My one billion trillion percent factually correct intimately researched peer-reviewed ranking of every Kubrick film.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
3. Paths of Glory
4. Barry Lyndon
5. Eyes Wide Shut
6. The Shining
7. Full Metal Jacket
8. A Clockwork Orange
9. Spartacus
10. The Killing

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My 1000% factually and objectively correct and mathematically proven ranking of all of Christopher Nolan’s films.

1. Memento
2. Interstellar
3. The Prestige
4. Oppenheimer
5. The Dark Knight
6. Inception
7. Dunkirk
8. Following
9. Insomnia
10. Batman Begins

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• Harakiri
• Ikiru
• Ran
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• GoodFellas
• Paths of Glory
• Sunset Boulevard
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Stalker
• The Apartment

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• Memento
• Parasite
• Ex Machina
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• It's a Wonderful Life
• Amadeus
• Inglourious Basterds
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Kill Bill: Vol. 2
• 10 Things I Hate About You

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My 1000% thoroughly researched and factually correct ranking of all the Coen Brothers films including those so haven’t yet seen.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. Fargo
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. Raising Arizona
6. Barton Fink
7. The Big Lebowski
8. True Grit
9. A Serious Man
10. Blood Simple

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• All Quiet on the Western Front
• It Happened One Night
• Gone with the Wind
• Rebecca
• Casablanca
• All About Eve
• On the Waterfront
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Ben-Hur
• The Apartment

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My objectively correct Star Wars ranking. Oh, you disagree? Well is your name Luke? No? Didn’t think so.

And yes if Andor was a movie it’d be #1 on my list.

1. The Star Wars Holiday Special
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
6. Star Wars
7. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
9. Solo: A Star Wars Story
10. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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