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Aliens

Aliens 1986

★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Xenomorphs are so dang cool

Blown Away

Blown Away 1994

★★★★ Liked Watched

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!

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow 1999

★★★½ Liked Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold 2001

★★★ Liked Watched

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!

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004

★★½ Rewatched

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.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

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.…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

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.

The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises 2012

★½ Rewatched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Prisoners

Prisoners 2013

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

They thought they could name Jake Gyllenhaal's character "Detective Loki" and no one would say anything? And no one would try and do something about it?

Watchmen: Chapter I

Watchmen: Chapter I 2024

★★★★ Liked Watched

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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