Yo, Hal-9000 was a big influence on my first single (link in bio wink wink)!
It's literally the craziest first single ever recorded.
I'm not exaggerating.
Listen to it.
It's like Blade Runner x Looney Tunes x James Bond.
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Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith 2005
Saw this in the theatre at 7. Order 66 was my 9/11.
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The Wizard of Oz 1939
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The quintessential American fairytale - a truly timeless production where lonely frontier girl Dorothy Gale is swept away to a surreal parallel universe (not unlike a Japanese Isekai story or any of the classic "otherworld" folk tales found in multiple countries throughout the world) where every facet of Oz helps her confront things she would otherwise be too afraid to face in "reality". Surprised at how well the effects in this have held up even though the film is now…
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Frank Herbert's Dune 2000
Gets points from me for being pretty faithful to the novel.
That being said, the costuming is some of the worst of all time with the Spacing Guild looking like Coneheads, Paul Atreides looking like the Karate Kid, the Sardukar looking like French combat chefs, and the Baron looking like Oriental Hugh Hefner. The production design is equally funny, with the Harkonnen combat arena looking like a dojo. It actually gets so distracting that even if you were to try…
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Longest Third Date 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Influencers do not deserve rights.
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Hazbin Hotel 2019
I tried to like this, I really did.
Some decent ideas and animation for an independent work.
Shame about the writing.
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Bride of the Gorilla 1951
One of the most baffling things I have ever seen.
I got suckered in by the premise, yet the titular Gorilla is almost nowhere to be found.
Some filmmaking decisions here are Room-tier (Wiseau, not Larson).
I kept accidentally calling this "My Husband, the Gorilla" while watching.
That might have been a better film.
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The Phantom of the Opera 1925
Some nice cinematography for the time and great use of colors, especially when the Phantom dons the Red Death costume.
Far from a definitive adaptation of Theroux's story - still waiting for a prestige one a lá Eggers' "Nosferatu" (provided it is great) considering the best one we have is the Royal Albert Hall version of the ALW musical. If we can do that musical with prestige filmmaking, we'd have a fucking masterpiece on our hands.
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Dune: Part Two 2024
I'm back.
Anyway, rewatched this at least twice again in the interim. Infinitely rewatchable. Close to perfect. People may still be underrating how truly special this is. Probably the best Hollywood film of the past twenty years, or maybe the best film of the past twenty years full stop. Recontextualizes and elevates the first part to even higher quality - decisions that seemed questionable in Part One (the "running through the desert" in the "Third Act" that many criticized makes…
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