Letterboxd 5019o James (Schaffrillas)

Pool Party Massacre 2l2t2a 2017 - ★★★½

Sun, 18 May 2025 12:42:59 +1200

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Completely fucking awful, I had the time of my life!

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Murder Mystery 2 3k6m3n 2023 - ★★½

Sun, 18 May 2025 06:15:34 +1200

I actually watched this yesterday and forgot to log it until now if that tells you anything

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Murder Mystery 3z6g1i 2019 - ★★★

Sat, 17 May 2025 07:57:20 +1200

Never before have I been more relieved that a movie was just fine

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The Cobbler 17423f 2014 - ★

Sat, 17 May 2025 05:51:58 +1200

All the same problems as Click with none of the sauce

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Rogue One 1s4b1i A Star Wars Story, 2016 - ★★★

Wed, 14 May 2025 19:41:37 +1200

I think what ultimately prevents the magnificent Andor from elevating the installment it leads into, whereas something like Clone Wars did wonders for heightening the tragedy of Revenge of the Sith, is the fact that this film simply does not hinge on Cassian as a character the way Sith hinges on Anakin. Sure, I got more emotional at Cassian's fate in this film knowing the full context of his life, but before you get to that (and the ittedly still great final battle), you have to deal with bizarre pacing, an overstuffed roster of characters, some truly groan-worthy cameos, and the unmistakable stench of reshoots that don't paint this as the most cohesive film in the world. To top that all off, this simply isn't Cassian's story anymore. He still plays a crucial role, but this makes for a jarring and disted pseudo-finale to Andor, which I wouldn't mind so much if the actual Andor finale wasn't so insistent that you watch this movie to get the full picture. I know why they did that, it makes sense. But it doesn't stop me from wishing this film was a whole lot better. Krennic wasn't fruity enough here like he was in the show

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Bulletproof 333w4u 1996 - ★★

Tue, 13 May 2025 04:57:17 +1200

Best thing about this was that they used the same dog from Babe Pig in the City

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Spider 2f2t4m Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018 - ★★★★★

Mon, 12 May 2025 09:57:53 +1200

My mom wanted to watch a Marvel movie and suggested either this or Captain America Brave New World. Idk do you guys think I made the right choice

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Shakes the Clown 4d492e 1991 - ★★½

Mon, 12 May 2025 06:20:00 +1200

Extremely boring in the first half, kinda peak in the second half

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Alvin and the Chipmunks 1z5v4m The Squeakquel, 2009 - ★★

Sun, 11 May 2025 13:03:31 +1200

This is definitely gonna be #1 on the Betty Thomas ranking

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Jim Henson Idea Man u1f5w 2024 - ★★★½

Sat, 10 May 2025 17:56:04 +1200

Over the past 2 months I've had the pleasure of reading the excellent Jim Henson biography by Brian Jay Jones, which does an absolutely tremendous job of painting a portrait of who this guy is both creatively and personally. I wasn't expecting this documentary to include nearly the same level of detail, but I was nonetheless rather disappointed at how little I got a sense of Jim as a person from this. After a while it mostly becomes an engaging enough doc about his most well-known projects (though The Storyteller and Jim Henson Hour really get shafted - would have liked a lot more elaboration on those!) Ultimately this was pretty solid but I would genuinely recommend the Defunctland miniseries if you want a better fleshed out of Jim and his career.

To be candid for a moment, I think a large reason I've become so engrossed in learning more about Henson's life is because I relate so heavily to his philosophies regarding work and creative endeavors. To be clear, what I do on YouTube is not even in the same stratosphere as what Henson does, and if you think we're even remotely comparable, you're an idiot. But I've found such fulfillment leading my merry band of editors on creative projects similar to how Jim led his band of puppeteers, and it's only now, after reading about Jim's philosophy on always wanting to keep busy at some new creative endeavor, have I come to with my own obsession with never stopping working. Jim had the right idea; if work is fun, fulfilling, and not something you dread or are being exploited by, then it really is the best thing in the world to be doing. I've done at least a tiny bit of work on something every day now for well over a year, and knowing that work all goes towards something at least a couple people out there will enjoy makes every second worth it. I really can't muster that much excitement over the fact that I will soon have 2 million subscribers on YouTube, because the truth is, I would still be making my dumbass videos even if I only had two subscribers.

All this to say, thanks Jim. Your work has greatly inspired me; your work ethic, even more so.

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Singin' in the Rain 635j31 1952 - ★★★★½

Sat, 10 May 2025 14:05:54 +1200

Can't believe there are still mfs out there who hate musicals when this exists

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Sully 5w3n3e 2016 - ★★★

Tue, 6 May 2025 11:34:47 +1200

Completely inaccurate, he did not listen to Evanescence once

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Ouija Shark 2 5j1e1l 2022 - ★★

Sun, 4 May 2025 13:09:38 +1200

I don't even know where to start

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 4l4t1n 1966 - ★★★½

Sat, 3 May 2025 12:26:14 +1200

Very fun but how do you cut that many songs from the original musical and still sleep at night

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Mission 1h3df Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023 - ★★★★½

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:12:00 +1200

Holy shit dude!!!!!!!! As awesome as the action and stunts in this series are, I think I'm a far bigger sucker for the espionage stuff that centers on the characters and what makes them tick. Grace's notable fear in the third act as a newbie to this game compelled me a lot more than the latest (still awesome, but expected) Tom Cruise stunt. Same goes for Benji and the bomb (he loves his friends <3)

THIS is the dramatic uptick in stakes I was missing from the last two. That news headline about Joe Biden being afraid of AI after watching this makes complete sense now. So damn excited to see how this ends. I like how Jeremy Renner's character just disappeared and no one ever mentions him again

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Star Wars 2j6o5l Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, 2005 - ★★★★

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:55:18 +1200

Oh who the fuck am I kidding this movie rules lol

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Mission 1h3df Impossible – Fallout, 2018 - ★★★★

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:27:27 +1200

HOLY SHIT THAT'S A HELICOPTER CHASE SCENE

This one's probably got the best third act in the series, which I think goes a long way in of making up for how rehashy the story is. Villain uses Julia to get to Ethan like in 3, threat of nuclear fallout like in 4, the same villainous group and the return of the main villain from 5. Hell, even the helicopters are an (albeit far expanded) echo of 1's climax. Yes, the action still rules, but I found this story to be a bit less engaging than the last 3. Cavill is a great addition though, and this one's got some of the best deception scenes in the series (rad that Wolf Blitzer was down for that). And yes, the rumors are true, this one actually made me cry a bit at the end (a series first).

I don't quite see one of the best action films of all time here, but it's another link in this exhilarating chain of a franchise. 4 bangers in a row with more to come apparently, how do you manage that?

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Pink Flamingos 412m 1972 - ★★★½

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 13:57:28 +1200

Oh you guys REALLY undersold how atrocious this is. Maybe the most abominable, groan-worthy prequel I've ever seen.

DUDE PRIDE ROCK

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Mission 1h3df Impossible – Rogue Nation, 2015 - ★★★★

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:23:10 +1200

Something about the subdued nature of Rebecca Ferguson's performance made her character a bit hard to emotionally connect with, which resulted in this story not drawing me in quite as much. On the flip side, this is best one for Benji and his relationship with Ethan so far by a long shot. Making him the damsel in the third act was a stroke of sheer brilliance. The underwater scene is not only nail biting, it's a great showcase for how thoroughly Benji believes in Ethan even as Ethan expresses visible unease about his capabilities for the first time. Real heartwarming stuff.

I also fw the opera scene so much obviously. McQuarrie's direction is very capable and solid, I think I need to see more from him to fully understand why he got to make 4 of these though

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The Tale of the Fox 1d5l3d 1937 - ★★★★

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:37:11 +1200

Outstanding stop motion by 1930s standards, how did they move like that

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The Tune 622q6d 1992 - ★★★½

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 06:35:21 +1200

Super fun and silly with inventive animation and pretty good songs! Every scene also goes on 5 minutes longer than it needs to!

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Sinners 5z1711 2025 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers)

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 06:28:16 +1200

This review may contain spoilers.

Why didn't Sammie ask the ghosts from the future to help fight the vampires? Is he stupid?

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Mission 1h3df Impossible – Ghost Protocol, 2011 - ★★★★½

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 17:14:18 +1200

BRAD FUCKING BIRD. It's honestly ridiculous how perfectly his skills at crafting tightly-woven animated action sequences translated to the live-action medium. Legit could not breathe as Ethan scaled the Burj Khalifa. Said out loud "there's no way" when he tossed one of the gloves aside. Had to rewind when he attempted to swing back inside and bonked his head because I simply couldn't believe my eyes - and in the process of doing so, I noticed that this was an hour in! This thing just flies by and does not feel its length at all, it's so engrossing!

Honestly the first one of these movies to really earn the title of the franchise. The dual meeting sequence, the sandstorm chase, the sheer down-to-the-wire nature of the finale; I can't believe they pulled this thing off. This applies to the characters and the filmmakers!

Cannot believe it apparently gets better from here.

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Big and Hairy 1a4w3u 1998 - ★★

Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:11:08 +1200

Bigfoot will never be ballin-HOLY SHIT

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Night Is Short 86t2h Walk On Girl, 2017 - ★★★★

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:34:46 +1200

Kinda like if Tomodachi Life was a movie

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Mission 1h3df Impossible III, 2006 - ★★★★

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 06:30:27 +1200

My favorite so far, with about a million asterisks on that statement.

Love the opening scene, love the villain, love the team camaraderie, the story was exciting, even the romance was sweet dammit! Michael Giacchino the king that you are!

The action set pieces were also great, you know, whenever they weren't blurry as shit with a bunch of shaky cam. The writing was pretty good, except when it wasn't! Luther asking Ethan if he's ever slept with his sister is the exact moment I ed what Kurtzman and Orci are capable of. Lindsey's message suddenly being viewable at the most plot-convenient time without any explanation as to why was clever foreshadowing for R2-D2 randomly waking up to provide the final piece of Luke's map. Again, it's like poetry, sort of, they rhyme.

Odd that the movie randomly decides to come out against neoconservatism in the last 20 minutes. Like, cool, but it would've been cooler if this was the theme of the entire movie instead of just being thrown in as a lazy surface level Bush-era critique, you know?

Real shame Maggie Q and Laurence Fishburne aren't gonna be in more of these movies. I hope the hilarious way Tom Cruise runs at the end of this comes back.

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Mission 1h3df Impossible II, 2000 - ★★½

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 17:26:08 +1200

An obvious black sheep in nearly every respect, but I'd be lying if I said that ending chase scene wasn't cool as fuck

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The Last Unicorn 5153i 1982 - ★★★★

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:09:59 +1200

Absolutely gorgeous and powerful. Young Jeff Bridges could not voice act

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Shark Tale 1k4i5w 2004 - ★★★★★

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:29:13 +1200

The fact that we as a society are still capable of producing art this beautiful gives me actual hope for the future. The fascists can never do something like this.

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Cabaret 2h222i 1972 - ★★★

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:12:41 +1200

Def missing something here. Sally and Brian's relationship is just so much less interesting than the theme of escapism amidst creeping fascism, and especially the struggles of Fritz and Natalia who aren't even a footnote in the narrative by the end. The songs are great but they don't serve the typical musical purpose of advancing the plot or characters. They advance the theme very well and that's fine, but is this really a shining paragon of musical storytelling if the leading man doesn't utter a single note?

Oh well, not for me and that's fine. I've heard the stage musical is drastically different so I'll give that a watch at some point.

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Mission 1h3df Impossible, 1996 - ★★★½

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 04:57:48 +1200

Kind of just decent but I bumped up the score because that one scene had a helicopter in it and that ruled

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The Chipmunk Adventure 55254j 1987 - ★★★

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:21:15 +1200

You know what, I've seen worse!

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Not Just a Goof 5f6x2e 2024 - ★★★★

Tue, 8 Apr 2025 17:43:03 +1200

I love da movies

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Cinderella's Castle 5i4c2u 2025 - ★★★

Mon, 7 Apr 2025 15:02:24 +1200

Lightly brushes on a cool and subversive take on the Cinderella narrative, but ultimately plays the story straight far too often. Let her kill some shit!

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A Minecraft Movie 6b481a 2025 - ★★ (contains spoilers)

Sat, 5 Apr 2025 15:37:58 +1300

This review may contain spoilers.

Terrible effects, dogshit writing, but above all my biggest problem was how that kid killed that Enderman so easily by just blindly swinging

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Anora 2j2b4m 2024 - ★★★★½

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:16:19 +1300

I still have not recovered from the final shot of this film and I don't know if I ever will

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The Great Piggy Bank Robbery 655i70 1946 - ★★★★

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:31:25 +1300

At first this seemed pretty standard then all the mobsters showed up and I was like "Oh yeah I get it"

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Book Revue 354s3p 1946 - ★★★★½

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:21:39 +1300

How do you even make something like this holy fucking shit

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Dinocroc vs. Supergator 5s6p4h 2010 - ★

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:09:29 +1300

I beat the Forest Temple in Twilight Princess while this was on. The monkey has a big ass

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The Scarlet Pumpernickel 2f6c46 1950 - ★★★★

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:09:55 +1300

Magnificent ending

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Punch 1g2q3y Drunk Love, 2002 - ★★★★½

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:09:01 +1300

Honestly most of his anger was justified, his sisters are annoying af

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Porky in Wackyland 3y1fv 1938 - ★★★

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:58:40 +1300

I need to watch every Looney Tune and get caught up on the lore before I see that new one in theaters

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King Richard 4c4q1s 2021 - ★★½

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 08:18:46 +1300

Who give a shit. Make a movie about Venus and Serena next time. Aunjanue Taylor-Ellis acts circles around Will Smith in every scene they share. Where's her Oscar

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The Whale 274yw 2022 - ★

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 11:41:00 +1300

Knew I was in for a bad time when the opening credits were dark blue on a black background

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The Match 5t6aq Stick Flame 2: Lunada Bay, 2023 - ★★½

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:01:46 +1300

I cried at the end. I think. Honestly it's all just kind of a blur

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Aqua 1l5fz 2012 - ★★★½

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:11:23 +1300

This happened to my buddy the cat from Flow

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye 4u3f6l 2021 - ★★★½

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:31:40 +1300

I had only ever seen Vincent D'onofrio as Kingpin before this, does he just talk like that for every role all the time

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The Match 5t6aq Stick Flame, 2020 - ★★★

Sun, 9 Mar 2025 14:44:42 +1300

The kind of movie where you know exactly what its quality will be just based on the poster

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Tank Fantasy 534661 2025 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers)

Sun, 9 Mar 2025 13:12:31 +1300

This review may contain spoilers.

This is definitely me when I switch bodies with a fish and fucking die

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Fine. My Mission Impossible Ranking 84h2d

Mon, 12 May 2025 09:48:55 +1200

First and second spots are interchangeable, as are third and fourth. Come on people 3 is a good movie

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I Can't Believe It's Not Tim Hill! 1h661w

Wed, 2 Apr 2025 08:49:10 +1300

Movies that bear the mark of the beast despite not actually being the devil's handiwork

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Every Best Animated Feature Winner Ranked 3a5

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 03:46:49 +1200

In case you missed my video on the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=suVoydO-ssM&t=325s

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

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Non 4vz39 2024 Movies I First Watched in 2024

Wed, 1 Jan 2025 10:13:37 +1300

Watched 11 more movies than last year, I'm a cinephile again!

...plus 102 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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DreamWorks Ranking 5b2p

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 11:51:28 +1300

In case you missed my video on the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDJjfcRxfZI&t=1s

...plus 34 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Disney Animated Ranking 6z1e2v

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:14:17 +1300

I WISH I ed to make this a year ago

...plus 53 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Pixar Ranking 4l2432

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 12:37:58 +1200

Fine here it is. I did this from memory without checking my video so nobody correct me if I got it wrong

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Non 4vz39 2023 Movies I First Watched in 2023

Mon, 1 Jan 2024 15:20:34 +1300

Yeesh I barely hit 100 this year

...plus 91 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Ghibli Ranking 1x3u16

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:02:56 +1300

Ghibli movies are good usually

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

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2022 Movies Ranked 2o5d1x

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:26:47 +1300

I watched movies! Here they are

...plus 32 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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2023 Best Picture Nominees Ranked 2p7324

Sat, 4 Mar 2023 11:09:11 +1300

I've seen em all

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Non 4vz39 2022 Movies I First Watched in 2022

Sun, 1 Jan 2023 14:39:15 +1300

I watched a LOT of garbage this year

...plus 113 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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2021 Movies Ranked 3765x

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:50:57 +1300

2021 was a pretty epic year for movies I think

...plus 29 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Non 4vz39 2021 Movies I First Watched in 2021

Sat, 1 Jan 2022 17:49:14 +1300

Every movie I watched in 2021 that wasn't made in 2021, ranked!

...plus 101 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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2017 Movies Ranked 444i4z

Tue, 12 May 2020 09:41:59 +1200

I skipped 2018 because it kinda sucked

Baby Driver and Lady Bird are kinda tied

...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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2020 Movies Ranked 662e4q

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 14:45:42 +1300

I didn't see many lol

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

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2019 Movies Ranked 3o5s1b

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:58:27 +1300

My ranking of the 2019 movies, of which I need to see more of.

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Non 4vz39 2020 Movies I First Watched in 2020

Mon, 9 Nov 2020 11:44:54 +1300

Surprised more people don't do this! Here's a list of every non-2020 movie I kicked off my backlog this year.

...plus 44 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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The Definitive DreamWorks Ranking 3r2n3l

Tue, 3 Nov 2020 12:52:53 +1300

My DreamWorks ranking video is taking forever to get done so I figured I'd just post the list on Letterboxd. I only included the movies I actually care about though.

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Quarantine Movies! 2f473k

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:29:22 +1300

Everything I watch while under self-imposed house arrest! Don't have a ton of time to watch movies in the midst of online schoolwork and Animal Crossing, but I figured it'd be fun to document what I do watch.

First viewings and repeat viewings will both be included. Suggestions welcome!

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Star Wars Ranking 6d61y

Tue, 3 Dec 2019 10:41:03 +1300

Star Wars sucks and I love it

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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2019 Best Picture Ranking 2n173x

Mon, 3 Feb 2020 10:36:34 +1300

This is the first year all decade where I've actually liked every Best Picture nominee! (Even though Joker is kind of on thin ice in that regard!)

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Films I had to sit with a while before leaving the theater 4b4m3x

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:41:17 +1200

A list dedicated to those movies with an ending and/or themes that rocked me to my core, to the point where I needed to sit in the theater for an extended period of time, alone with my thoughts, trying to process everything I just witnessed on screen.
Not necessarily a list of my favorite films (a lot of films I adore don't quite fit this criteria), but I think it's safe to say that I liked every film on this list to some extent. In addition, there's only recent releases since older movies don't fit the "watching the theaters" criteria.
Lady Bird is the queen of this list cause the post-movie introspection continued throughout the car ride home and well into the evening hours

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Movies I Disliked/Hated the First Time but Grew to Like/Love f5o25

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:35:07 +1200

There aren't as many as I first thought lol

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Into the Spider 1562d Ranking

Wed, 3 Jul 2019 16:42:27 +1200

I rank the Spider-Boy movies. Spider-Man 3 is that high for ironic enjoyment.

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