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So you're telling me that Director Krennic is Rey's father?!
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Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.
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In American Heist the characters (or the heist) being American has little to no significance in the story, and the heist is only in the last 20 or so minutes of the movie. But that isn't to say it's a bad film.
American Heist is more interesting when it focuses on the characters and their relationships, especially between brothers James (Hayden Christensen) and Frankie (Adrian Brody). There are some emotional moments where you really do feel for the characters and I think the movie may have been better had it been a character drama about James and Frankie attempting to reconcile after the events of the past. Alternatively, I also think the movie could have been better had it been longer, fleshing out their relationship better and then having a bigger and better heist for a climax.
From a filmmaking standpoint it's good enough, but it does have a slightly choppy look at times, although I think that's likely intentional. There's one scene which I quite liked, where James is shown getting drunk in his house, and that scene uses subjective cinematography quite effectively, and I wish we had a little more of that in the movie.
The best part of this movie to me was Hayden Christensen and Adrian Brody. Had it not been for the two of them, I wouldn't have enjoyed this as much as I did. Hayden Christensen is a great leading man, and it's such a shame that he hasn't gotten more mainstream roles. It's still not too late though.
All in all, American Heist, although misleadingly titled, is a fairly entertaining film that is worth watching for Christensen and Brody. It's not a movie that I would go around recommending (unless, like me, you're looking for more Hayden Christensen films) but it certainly isn't a movie I would recommend against, and is an entertaining enough watch if you're looking for something short.
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"Nah, you a working man"
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A truly bizarre experience. I don't know what more to say.
"What in the world could this be!?"
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]]>My favourite movies of all time. Not really ranked apart from the movies having 5 stars ranking above those with 4.5.
- The Dark Knight
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
- Batman Begins
- Amadeus
- Inception
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Prestige
- Ford v Ferrari
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>This is a group of movies that, for reasons unknown even to myself, don't make it to my favourites, but I have a special love for each of them. This list will not feature any movies that are already in my favourites, and this list is not ranked.
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- The Maze Runner
- Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
- Maze Runner: The Death Cure
- Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
- The Lego Batman Movie
...plus 33 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>A list of my favourite superhero movies. As with many of my other lists, this isn't really ranked apart from the top three being above the rest. This list does not include animated movies.
- The Dark Knight
- Batman Begins
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- The Avengers
- Captain America: Civil War
- Wonder Woman
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Zack Snyder's Justice League
- Watchmen
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>My ranking of all Middle Earth media I've seen.
Note: Entries 3 and 4 are at a tie, although I might enjoy 3 a little more. That may change over time though.
Movies that are relatively unheard of or underrated, but are actually pretty good. Not really ranked except for the first 3 being my favorites (they're also more famous than the others, but I've barely met anyone who knows them). It's a small list that will probably expand as I watch more movies.
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
- Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
- Lake Mungo
- Forgotten
- Blade of the Immortal
- The Unknown Saint
- Wasao
...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>My ranking of the Maze Runner movies
]]>My ranking of the Lego Movies (Bionicle is not included).
Note: Lego Movie 1 and 2 are a tie.
My ranking of the four John Wick movies.
]]>I've only seen a few Godzilla and Kong movies, but here's my ranking of them.
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- Tombstone
- The Lego Batman Movie
- The Guest
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- The Dark Knight
- Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
- Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
- Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
- Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>I don't really know how to describe what makes a film neon, but these sure feel neon to me.
First seven are what I originally added. After that it's based on suggestions from others :)
- Drive
- The Guest
- Malignant
- Sympathy for the Devil
- TRON: Legacy
- Kung Fury
- The Vast of Night
- John Wick
- John Wick: Chapter 2
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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