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  • Pride & Prejudice
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  • White Noise

    ★★½

  • Casablanca

    ★★★½

  • Bottoms

    ★★★★

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    ★★★★½

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  • Paint Drying

    Paint Drying 2016

    Watched 03 Apr 2024 2

    ANNOUNCEMENT: I just made my first video essay on one of my favorite tv shows, something I've wanted to do for a long while, and would appreciate if you guys gave it a watch & shared any feedback if you have the time. It's kinda long so if you do, thanks. For those of you that don't know me in person, I apologize in advance for my nasal voice.

    The video is about Young Justice, a Cartoon Network show about DC…

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds 2009

    ★★★★★ Rewatched 29 Dec 2023 5

    So what is this movie really about? Tarantino is not Spielberg. He was not raised Jewish and this is not his Indiana Jones, a rollicking adventure meant to enact his Jewish vengeance. This isn't even really about World War II and the specific atrocities that occurred in it, it's more than that. This movie is about human tribalism and what it inevitably leads to.

    When people form their groups, cohorts, cliques, what is the first thing they do in the…

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  • Casablanca

    Casablanca 1942

    ★★★½ Watched 31 Dec 2024

    Pacing kind of awful tbh

  • Bottoms

    Bottoms 2023

    ★★★★ Watched 30 Dec 2024

    The Avril Lavigne needle drop after the handheld camera in the emotional climax felt like a warm blanket.

    But for real, Ayo Edebiri is putting on such a stellar performance and I hope we can all appreciate that.

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two 2024

    ★★★★½ Watched 01 Mar 2024

    A big step up from the first one in my opinion. The more varied & dramatic plot points & set pieces allows Villeneuve to be much more cinematic which we all know is his specialty. A lot of my hang-ups with this are the same though, with the weakest part being the script. A big portion of the dialogue is clunky by my standards and the pacing of character arcs specifically feels poor. Opinions change, relationships form, and arguments are resolved much…

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 29 Mar 2023

    I'm going to keep this short because this movie needs to be watched, not explained. The creative vision necessary to execute this film is beyond my imagination, everything is complex & precarious & paranoid. The first time watching is truly the most impactful i think.

    I feel like there is something missing, not so sure what it is. I've spoken before on really disliking the things happening around Joel while he's under, and that still holds, contributing to what I think is an overall pacing problem.

    Regardless, I still hold this movie with so much reverence.

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