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I’m not sure what’s gonna be beating this for MOTY. I am 100 percent watching EVERYTHING Ryan Coogler does from now on

That final act never gets old

Watched on Monday April 21, 2025.

An absolute gut punch of a film. It’s not my favorite war film, but it’s definitely one of the most intelligently crafted ones I’ve ever seen. After those first 10-15 minutes that kinda soften you into the experience, you feel like you’re right there in the middle of the chaos. I can’t stress this enough, PLEASE go see this in theaters while you still can.

I did not fully appreciate this when I first watched it years ago, and I firmly believe now that others need to do the same thing i did, and give it another chance. Because WOW

This might be one of the best visual effects works I’ve ever seen put to film. I think that the beauty of it was outshined by the rough looking Jeff bridges face when this first came out, but other than that, it’s downright gorgeous. If I had one major gripe with the film as a whole, it’d be the writing, it’s just nothing special at all and some lines just were really flat, but delivered well by an excellent cast. 

Here’s the three things I’m looking for in Tron: Ares, or ANY TRON movie fr

Visuals
Sound 
Vibes

And Tron: Legacy absolutely nails those three aspects

For being called “Blood Simple” you’d think that this would be way more bloody, and simple. It’s neither one of the two, and yet it really doesn’t need to be. The final 15 minutes are awesome, the tense buildup and mystery is a signature Coen specialty, and they didn’t miss the mark whatsoever on that front, or most fronts for that matter.   

Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

I can only describe Mark Ruffalo’s performance in this as a perfect combination of Donald Trump and the Stanley Tucci talk show guy from the Hunger games.

A really funny and bloody first half, but a bit slower and goofier in the second. Really wished it had kept that momentum going, and Really Really wished it had more Elijah Wood.

Watched on Monday February 10, 2025.

Alicia Silverstone’s performance in this movie can only be compared to other legends such as Heath Ledger’s Joker, Anthony Hopkins in Silence, Daniel Day in There Will Be Blood etc. 

And The Bends!?!?!? 😩

Watched on Thursday December 26, 2024.

Did not realize Alexander had so much AURA, bro could’ve carried this film singlehandedly, and fortunately he didn’t have too

Eggers is certainly a force to be reckoned with, his detail and direction are so beautiful, and his camerawork feels so crisp and clean. The first two acts do have some slog time and some of the weird Eggers elements didn’t work for me, but the final act is undoubtedly perfect, and Skarsgard, Taylor Joy, and Kidman all killed it

A near perfect Dark romantic Dramedy, Punch Drunk Love is frankly one of the saddest, yet most beautiful portrayals of one character (Barry) that I’ve seen in recent memory. Adam Sandler gives maybe his best performance? It certainly rivals uncut gems to me at least, but ultimately I feel it only proves one thing. Adam Sandler can deliver an EXCELLENT performance without question, in ANY genre he decides to tackle.

Yeah yeah I know everyone’s seen this by now, but after seeing this for the first time, I still cannot believe how perfect the final 20 minutes of this movie are. Se7en is obviously great up until that point, but it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film really put the hammer down in its final act. It’s unquestionably, one of those ones that you won’t ever forget

Watched on Saturday November 9, 2024.

Watched on Saturday October 19, 2024.

Animated movie of the year fr (until I see Wild Robot) but this thing is just everything you were hoping for and more in a Transformers movie

Beginning to end, this is pretty much flawless. If Michael Bay and James Cameron both had a ridiculous amount of crack and created a film together, this would probably be it. Might have to change it to a 5 eventually

Watched on Thursday August 1, 2024.

This movie is undoubtedly gorgeous, and the fact that every owl has an accent was a huge plus 

But if you ask me to explain anything about the plot or the story, I may have a stroke

I owe you an apology Invader Zim, I wasn’t really familiar with your game

Y’all hyped this up waayyyy too much 🤣 
It’s a decent mystery film wrapped up with a better ending and even better performances. Nic cage did his Nic cage things, but Maika Monroe absolutely KILLED it

Watched on Wednesday July 17, 2024.

Unfortunately, this is the worst Quiet Place movie so far

But fortunately, Day One still feels like a worthy addition to the series. Lupita Nyong'o is excellent as always, and Joseph Quinn might be getting some more calls from Hollywood soon, dude killed it. 

*edit: dang looks like Hollywood was already way ahead of me

Only thing I regret doing is not watching it live

I was not expecting this to be better than Fury Road.
In fact, I did not believe it could be done, but to me, this really feels like an upgrade. You still get the feel and look of Fury Road, but this one takes the action, the spectacle, and everything you loved about the first one, and turns it up a few notches. It’s teetering on 4.5-5, but I’ll be generous to it this time. 

MOTY contender, and oddly enough it’s competing for that title with another action blockbuster set in the desert 🤔

Comedy has peaked

Watched on Thursday May 30, 2024.

I’m all for beautifully shot slow burn westerns, but where did the burn go?

Wes be ballin 

Planet of the Apes ranking is now complete

The best Planet of the Apes film, and not just because it looks gorgeous. But because it hits on every emotional level imaginable

Arena scene is peak Star Wars, but the more and more I watch this, the more I realize how stupid of a plan that was to send in all of your Jedi just to save 3 people

It was so good that I had to watch it twice

Watched on Thursday May 23, 2024.

I never thought that Tim Burton could make a film lacking so much Tim Burton

Jacobs looking up and realizing there’s hundreds of apes just staring at him is easily my favorite shot of this trilogy

This was…..way more boring than I

Sadly the movie can’t give this great story the grand scale it deserves. And Rise eventually does this concept way better. But Conquest deserves way more love than what it gets

*I recommend watching the Director’s cut

I thought this was just ok growing up, but now I have a lot more appreciation for what this was, and what it tried to be. It takes the slop of what Beneath left behind, and turns this franchise’s story back on track, whole also creating a great setup for the next sequel. 

Also I’ll give this movie credit for having the best screenplay out of the original series. It’s got so many great moments and dialogue that the second movie lacked so much of.

A movie that makes so many desperate attempts to make itself stand out and be “different” from the original, that it completely loses sight on what made it great in the first place.

It’s odd for me to lower a score, especially for a movie I’ve loved and adored since as long as I can watching movies. But that doesn’t make this any less important, groundbreaking, and above all else, memorable. 
It’s pretty dated, and it’s not at all perfect by today’s standards. But the amount of social commentary and narrative depth In this is just mind blowing, and who would have thought a sci fi movie about apes could do that? And that ending still is just as chilling as the first time I watched this, especially with the sound of crashing waves during the end credits.

Watched on Monday May 13, 2024.

This is one that I’ve wanted to watch for a very long time, and just like I had predicted, I totally regret not watching it sooner.
It might not be the best animated movie I've seen, or even Ghibli’s best film…….but this entire movie is just so dang CUTE!!! I can forgive the plot for being “simple” as the movie definitely feels like it is for kids. But this thing is just filled to the max with heartwarming moments and fleshed out messages and themes. So much so that I feel it is necessary for every child to watch this growing up

Watched on Friday April 26, 2024.

Watched on Saturday April 20, 2024.

Watched on Friday April 19, 2024.

This review may contain spoilers.

Colin Farrell might’ve lost his donkey, but Brendan Gleeson lost six of his little piggies and he still got his house burnt down. Unfair trade if you ask me

Needed a day to process everything, because for being almost three hours, there is a TON to unpack. 

First thing I have to say is, this is incredible! Austin Butler is completely ruthless and probably one of the best villains we’ve gotten so far this decade. Stilgar glazing the entire movie was the perfect comedic relief. Timothée Chalamet stepped up to the plate AGAIN and delivered another amazing performance. And as always, Rebecca Ferguson does an amazing job as well.

Go see this in theaters, and in IMAX if you can. Because I can guarantee this one of the best theater experiences you’ll have.

Bit skeptical going in since I really know nothing about D&D, and the trailers didn’t help that skepticism either. 

Although I can’t speak to how faithful it adapts its source material, I can say that this is a very FUN movie. And It’s good to see adventure films like this when the genre feels really weak at the moment.

My ranking of Planet of the Apes

1. War for the Planet of the Apes

   Masterpiece 2.0

2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

   Masterpiece 1.0

3. Planet of the Apes

   Charlton Heston yelling hits different 

4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

   “Draco” Malfoy

5. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

   Wes be ballin

6. Escape from the Planet of the Apes

   “Only when she lets me” 💀

7. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

   Rise before it was Rise

8. Planet of the Apes

   MID

9. Battle for the Planet of the Apes

   Ends the series with a whimper 

10. Beneath the Planet of the Apes

    Embarrassing 

Just my opinion
this gonna get a lot of hate

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
3. Spider-Man
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
5. Spider-Man: Far From Home
6. Spider-Man 2
7. Spider-Man: Homecoming
8. Spider-Man 3
9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2
10. The Amazing Spider-Man

Ranking all Pixar movies (that I’ve seen, which is most) and will add to as more come out

1. The Incredibles
2. Ratatouille
3. Coco
4. WALL·E
5. Monsters, Inc.
6. Finding Nemo
7. Toy Story 2
8. Toy Story 3
9. Toy Story 4
10. Toy Story

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

*Dead reckoning will be added soon
A ranking of every Mission Impossible film

1. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
3. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
4. Mission: Impossible
5. Mission: Impossible III
6. Mission: Impossible II

Ranking all the Star wars films I’ve seen (most if not all)

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

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.