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its tough to ever ask for anything more than this 

really sexy vampire movie great performance from michael b jordan the sound is fucking incredible and the dance portion was awe worthy ryan coogler take a bow

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

bong joon ho has never been a bastion of subtlety but he’s never been this explicit either. robert pattinson is once again great, ruffalo’s impression more miss than hit.

I feel as if I've been looking for you for a very long time 

a good story i’ll probably tell friends about. not sure it’s a great documentary though.

scary.

urmila matondkar is incredible, manoj bajpayee also shows us why he's been one of the best actors working for the last two decades plus for a reason.

slowly becoming a rgv guy. we'll see.

i you was conflicted
misusing your influence
sometimes I did the same

shah rukh khan is and has been the world’s biggest superstar for nearly three decades now

don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again 

𝘪 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨

rip dj screw -- i can't begin to tell you how much this film means to me being from the city

Watched on Friday August 23, 2024.

hartnett with the best performance of his career. the goofiness, the expressions are all so fun

shyamalan showing why he’s one of our most distinct and one of our best. the trap door scene was so funny. 

the third act will be polarizing, but it works incredibly for me. that final scene is fucking perfect. 

i can’t believe how much fun i had.

oh man

the texas monthly article this movie is based on is actually a great read i would highly recommend. anyways they're both so hot. glen powell is a star obviously.

i think i was trying to suggest something about the duality of man sir

game 7

this can happen when two guys are forced to hang out sometimes. 

a quiet film but beautiful. the final scene is one of the best i’ve seen.

This review may contain spoilers.

a film about vengeance.

mindblowing action sequences throughout. multiple set pieces that fucking rock. this feels a little silly to say about a film where there is so much artful violence but i almost wish there was a bit more? like killing a guy with a knife in your teeth is so fucking cool. give me as much of that as you can.

vipin sharma is fucking unbelievable in his role as the leader of the marginalized hijra community that helps monkey man recover. side note seeing sharma absolutely kill it on such a big stage with such a monumental role after seeing him play timid characters in bollywood classics such as gangs of wasseypur and taare zameen par is so refreshing.

you can really see how much indian mythology influenced patel in creating this film as you see how often the legend of hanuman and indian epic ramayana as a whole are referenced throughout monkey man's journey

patel's only real plight is him trying to address too many things at once in this. debut brain, i get it. not everything works, there are clearly some ideas more further fleshed out than others.

there is a dev patel training montage to a fucking tabla player cooking on his instrument of choice! shortly followed by a group of hijras openly hooting and hollering over shirtless dev. thats real film.

an exciting debut! can't wait to see what's next.

the perfect type of unsettling

totally mesmerized just watching this you can only imagine how embarrassingly quickly i would get mesmerized in this world 

oh and also the fits throughout are incredible

shit i ain’t drinking no bush beer. give me a budweiser

james carville is fucking unbelievable throughout. the ragin cajun!

yeah

good movie, enjoyed my rewatch (i do wish i was in theatres watching this though, easy to notice the difference between the theatre experience and at home experience in general but you especially do in a movie like this. to say the least)

a ton of part 1 is really just worldbuilding but that’s to be expected given the ridiculous source material for such a project. the set up can be good. no one really stands out acting wise that’s fine. one of hans zimmer’s best scores of his career. 

i hope part 2 delivers.

one of the best ranbir kapoor performances to date. much better than the bullshit in Animal he keeps getting praised for. deepika is very good and the music kills. 

a big time film focusing on loss of identity self destructiveness and corporate culture designed to keep the wheel-turning. 

the corsica portion is a bit extended and has a ton of overwrought cringeworthy stuff. just as an example the scene where ranbir/deepika are cosplaying as other people temporarily comes off more corny than charming or cute. not a fan of the dialog throughout, probably my largest qualms with the film.

always respect ambition and especially from imtiaz ali.

pacino is so fucking good it’s unbelievable. 10/10. you already know.

a movie about unconditional love

matt damon was a good casting choice. matt damon ass role. i like matt damon though so its cool. 

matt damon

at this moment i didn’t feel shame or fear but just kind of blah. like when you’re sitting there and all the water’s run out of the bathtub 

gorgeous movie. no less than double digit times i caught myself iring how beautiful the shot on screen was. martin sheen is great throughout.

terrence malick — what a way to make the debut man.

shut up and dribble!!!

in 2019 director sandeep vanga was criticized for the film kabir singh by a select few who raised issue with the film's protagonist’s misogyny and violence throughout the film. in interviews discussing the backlash from a few film critics, a bitter vanga promised that his next film would be even more edgy. even more violent and sexist. 

i thought both ranbir and rashmika mandanna were solid. the music is really good throughout. bobby deol wasn't used nearly enough. a three hour plus movie you can't have both a lack of screen time and character development for your film's biggest villain. of course they have him as the stereotypical muslim villain too. come on. 

the first half is absorbing but then it gets bad and bad fast. there are multiple scenes clearly designed to be grand, vanga chasing viral moments in film. the problem is none of it is at all organic. its painfully obvious throughout animal that vanga is just trying to taunt his detractors with a giant fuck you with a sneer on his face. there's a few minutes in the middle of the movie where it seems vanga really goes for it in true edgelord fashion with increasingly escalating chauvinist claim after another in quick succession ending with ranbir’s character making the genius claim that women only change their pads tops 4 times a month. vanga fans will pretend he's not responsible for anything that ever results from his films as its just art but we can make note of a guy making a film like this out of nothing but sheer spite because he couldn’t take some light criticism in a country already dealing with a significant misogyny and celebrity worship problem. you can't both directly cater to your audience of right wing zealots and then also act dumb when its time to discuss impressionable audiences and media literacy.

the dumbest guy you know watches this and calls it a masterpiece.

vishal bharadwaj take a fucking bow.

i don't even know where to begin. i can't the last time i've seen a bollywood film even attempt to have even half the amount of ambition bharadwaj has here with haider. a hamlet adaptation set in 1990s kashmir that also happens to mix in an indeterminately incestuous love triangle.

shahid kapoor's career defining performance by a mile. seriously. i can't believe how good he is. tabu plays the role of a complex character in the film and does it extremely well. kay kay menon was very good. irrfan shows up and does what he always does. the god for a reason. the score throughout helps set the paranoia filled atmosphere perfectly. the cinematography is incredible.

scene after scene in the film (and in real life) go to show you why the children of the insurgency choosing to fight back with extremism is a byproduct of the occupation caused radicalization. i wish i was as optimistic about the conflict now as bharadwaj was when the film was released but with the monstrous modi government continuing it's assault on kashmir with its revocation of article 370 along with the constant furthering militarization i can't help but think its bleak. either way the fight continues

free kashmir.

can you find the wolves in this picture? 

gutting. and colossal. 

truly cannot believe this movie lives up the expectations. scorsese is the god and the greatest ever for a reason. 

the performances are absolutely fucking phenomenal. gladstone is the best performance in a movie full of them. she deserves every praise, every award that comes her way. de niro with his sneering, performativeness drops his best act in years. dicaprio who’s great throughout somehow decides to turn it up to a whole another level in the final act. 

scorsese’s choice to stray away from making this closer to a total mystery film will be polarizing. it would’ve been way easier to succeed aiming for that and yet scorsese knew that and intentionally choose not do it on purpose. and he fucking delivered anyways because of course he did. 

this shit brings back the feeling and that’s truly all you can ask for. can’t wait for the rewatch.

fine movie but trying to make elon seem like even a slightly good guy is crazy. paul dano playing a redditor makes a lot of sense.

the biggest takeaway is making fun of reddit and redditors in general is absolutely justified even if having a sense of community is and should be unanimously loved

yea you should probably watch the best bollywood film of the last 20 years

the earnest jubilation following the trinity test versus the disorientation and outright horror shown in the speech scene with a exultant fantasy crowd. oppenheimer’s self importance pre bomb dropping versus the embarrassment when he finally clicks he was just the machine’s interim chief. the scene where oppenheimer visits truman to make reason of his self guilt is the perfect amalgamation of the united states. 

the performances by in large all are incredible as i in the first watch. murphy and rdj deserve all the awards. blunt shines in the final third. however safdie is not a good actor yet but it doesn’t matter as my twitter timeline has made note his facial structure will ensure he gets thought of one by the masses for a decade running anyways (and hey maybe he will be one eventually)

for as much as i’ve loved a bunch of his movies, i’ve never been the biggest nolan super fan. and yet it’s tough to find qualms with Oppenheimer. the dialogue has never been stand out worthy and the storytelling has been up and down his entire career but it’s clear christopher nolan is still improving and with a director of that caliber still doing so we all win

rewatched this after a few years and it’s just as great as i it being. the simplicity is among what makes this the such a classic film. the absolute perfect length too. and the performances from all are striking. 

a courtroom drama that takes place away from the courtroom. can’t believe this masterclass was lumet’s directorial debut. unbeatable.

what a fucking performance from cillian murphy. all the flowers that he’ll get will all be wholly deserved. just an incredible performance. and to follow that up both emily blunt and robert downey jr put in award winning performances as ing actors with both being fantastic in the final act. matt damon i’m always going to be a fan. 

ludwig göransson take a bow for the imposing score. the sound design is harrowing in the best ways. 

christopher nolan won. the destroyer of worlds.

briony you fucking idiot.

this movie is for the only childs like me: we won

there was an extremely small chance this lived up to the flawless prequel in mission impossible fallout. and it didn’t and that’s completely fine going in expecting a perfect movie is silly. regardless this was a great part 1 to what sets up to be an absolutely thrilling second part. 

the set pieces are fucking incredible. the tension in the final quarter of the film was pulled off very well.

there’s an attempt at an origin story which isn’t an interesting as it will be yet (part 2 surely). the pacing isn’t incredible in the first half of the film (again tying back to this being an obvious part 1) and i wish there were more stunts outside the insane bike jump. 

anyways i cannot wait to watch the next one. the best action franchise out for a reason. tom cruise remains a god at this shit.

an incredible time at the theatre and that’s what movies are all about baby. just incredible animation, humor, and colors. again. banger. 
more thoughts after the inevitable rewatch of course

but tell me how the fuck they managed to top the first one.

my friends have been begging me to watch this for five years now. i should’ve listened much sooner than doing it two hours before the highly hyped up sequel. 

the animation the colors the characters —everything is just incredibly refreshing man. there are like a fucking hundred gorgeous scenes in here. the quick scene where everyone is hiding from the roommate on the ceiling was so funny. 

i would’ve been such a hardcore superhero/spider-man guy for life if i watched this when i was 13. watching the sequel in an hour and i’m legitimately more excited than i can ever being for a super hero film (maybe infinity war or endgame rivals this?)

shout out spider man noir by the way salute

i didn’t watch guy ritchie’s the covenant last month but decided to watch basically it’s twin picture instead on a whim 

kandahar attempts to have a nuanced look at the conflict and u.s intervention in the middle east so viewers can know the films politics aren’t complete dogshit which is irable ig. however the problem is that it doesn’t have anything even remotely interesting to say about it outside of distant observation. 

not interesting. i didn’t really care about the stakes.too many words for a ok movie.

this is the first one of the series i decided to go watch. read the synopsis of the first two movies before going. googled a few things during trailers and i was straight.

cool movie though i enjoyed it. maybe bc this is my first marvel anything since endgame. i very much enjoyed the break.

anyways my favorite wrestler growing up (by far) becoming such a cool actor now is so awesome.

this is the greatest documentary i’ve ever seen.

which side are you on?

yeah. 

the first two thirds of this movie are great. black suits, incredibly choreographed gun fights, and beautiful locations. and then you get to the last hour and everything is turned up to the fucking max. you know chad stahelski and co were so excited about that overhead top down shot for years before this was released and then for them to pull it off as perfectly as they did? that shit is fucking cinema. 

even better the second time around. and someone PLEASE  let rina sawayama know that i am single.

more thoughts after the rewatch but LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO

keep the bear away from me !

just keep your find my friends on

ordering a cheeseburger works because surely they won’t fuck up a cheeseburger will they

a movie you watch with a smile on your face the entire time 

what a fucking blockbuster man. i can’t wait to rewatch this a thousand times. tom cruise does this shit.

you know the circumstances couldn’t have realistically been much worse for me going into this movie: not a big horror fan, not really enthused going in, and a showtime of 10:30 pm (which means not getting home until 1 AM). the only reason i even went is because my friend literally forced me to go 

but anyways of course this movie somehow delivers. this is the perfect blend of sci-fi and horror. the performances are incredible. kaluuya and yeun are great but keke palmer steals the show. jordan peele is just really good at this shit. 

just an extremely fun time