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★★★★★ Rewatched 19 Aug 2023
Two 70MM IMAX viewings and one 70mm wraps up Oppie Summer 2023 for me.
This doesn’t move me emotionally like Interstellar or awaken my childhood wonder like The Dark Knight, but at the end of the day, Oppenheimer is clearly Nolan’s best overall film.
Anywhere less than 7 total Academy Awards for this beast will be a travesty.
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★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Nov 2022
One of the sturdiest blockbusters of recent memory, and having read the graphic novel, I am confident in saying it told that story better by being a smidge more digestable.
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★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Aug 2022
Every scene is meaningful. Every shot is gorgeous. Every decision is the right one.
It’s a masterpiece. Thank you, Denis Villeneuve.
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★★★★★ Rewatched 01 Feb 2020
I Heard You Paint Houses
Well, it's official. I've spent a day of my life watching this, my (still can't believe I'm saying this) favorite movie of all time. I've written and talked about it a lot already, but for this entry, I want to hone in on the four things that make this so special to me.
The Performances
De Niro. Pesci. Pacino. 3 names that will never be forgotten as long as movies are made or even thought…
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★★★★½ Rewatched 24 Jan 2025
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★★★★½ Watched 05 Nov 2024
Great book, better movie. I will watch this 1,000 more times.
EKL #2
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★★★★½ Rewatched 24 Mar 2024
Going back to last summer, this is the third or fourth movie that’s come out that if one were to write a book about the history of cinema, is absolutely necessary to include.
That’s cool as hell. Movies 4ever.
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★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Dec 2023
Dub! Pattinson is incredible and this movie makes me feel so many things.
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★★★★½ Watched 03 Jun 2023
I’m not usually one for just-out-of-the-theater hyperbole but to call this anything but a masterpiece and one of the most impressively made movies of all time feels like an undersell.
And I don’t even need to see the next one, this is my top trilogy of all time. Fuck.
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★★★★½ Rewatched 25 Nov 2022
Glass Onion…Knives Out….The Last Jedi.
I’m not normally the type who’s favorites of something could change on any given day, but damn it, any one of those Rian Johnson bangers has a strong case for my top spot of his filmography.
I’m not putting him in their eschelon, but Johnson, like Scorsese, Nolan, or Spielberg, feels like he was born to tell stories. He might be an all-time favorite when all is said and done.
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★★★★½ Watched 15 Oct 2022
It’s always fun when a movie jumps a star on its last shot alone. Tár is a hall of famer in that respect.
Blanchett’s never been better, which makes this maybe the best performance of the last 15 years? Unbelievable stuff.
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★★★★½ Rewatched 04 Jun 2022
Movies like this are why I harp so much against the ones that do the bare minimum of things practically and in-camera.
When you go all in like Mr. Cruise does, it makes the world of difference.
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