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★★★★★ Rewatched 02 Jan 2025
One of the few reasons why I’m begrudgingly excited for the series is that they can fix everything post-Neville’s stand.
Harry and Voldemort fighting around the castle is cool, but that final showdown in front of nobody, Voldemort evaporating and the Elder Wand talk at the end just irk me. You could have squeezed so much more emotion out of all that.
Two things they won’t improve though: the Prince’s tale and the resurrection stone sequences. I bawl like a baby every single time.
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★★★★½ Rewatched 01 Jan 2025
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★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Dec 2024
I understand why Yates gets so much shit, but the way he streamlines the stories of the later movies is honestly pretty impressive. Yeah, a lot of cool stuff got cut, but for the most part he totally maximizes the dramatic impact of what’s there. Half Blood Prince’s omissions from the book should annoy me much much much more than they do, and the fact I like this a great deal is a testament to his skill as a director.…
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★★★★½ Rewatched 26 Dec 2024
Montage is one of the most powerful tools in filmmaking.
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★★½ Rewatched 25 Dec 2024
Cuaron directs this thing like its the last movie he’ll ever make. It’s too bad the story doesn’t live up to his effort.
I firmly believe that time travel doesn’t belong in the fantasy genre.
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An increased exposure to him recently has made me realize that Hoult just doesn’t do it for me.
He’s fine, but he lacks that extra thing (ex. Messina’s general sliminess, Collette’s face, Simmons’ voice) that would make him a more interesting person to watch.
Anyway, the movie is good! I love a good moral quandary, and it’s nice to see Clint try again, he even used a real baby this time! I hope he directs the next film in the Ant-Man franchise.
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Pretty good! Despite being a carbon copy of the graphic novel (as it should be tbh, don’t mess with perfection) there’s a handful of really cool choices made that really make the story come alive visually.
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This was an absolute hoot. And I'm not just saying that because U2 got multiple shoutouts and needle drops (none of which really fit with the scenes but you won't find me complaining about that) but because some beautiful, wonderful casting director, dialogue coach and studio executive gave us two hours of Tommy Lee Jones and Jeff Bridges going all in on terrible but amazing irish accents.
Great movie!
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★★★★ Rewatched 15 Feb 2024
Xenomorphs are so dang cool
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Definitely left some “guy from the 1800’s finds himself in modern day New York, hijinks ensue” meat on the bone, but oh well! It’s cute!
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Absolutely lost my mind when the horseman stabbed that guys head to pick it up off the ground like he was poking an olive with a toothpick.
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Really thought this would finally pop for me on rewatch, it didn’t.
There’s so much clunky exposition, the filmmaking is uncharacteristically sloppy for Nolan (8 minutes from day to night? Gotham making no continuital sense, the letter in the coat, cops hair/clothing staying the same, John Blake, oy) and despite the overarching theme of wealth disparity feeling like it would fit in perfectly with a blended Dark Knight Returns/No Man’s Land/Knightfall storyline, the ingredients just don’t mix. Maybe take one…
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