From the opening shot of the conquistadors marching across the mountain to Aguirre's final rambling speech on a raft surrounded by monkeys and corpses, Aguirre, the Wrath of God is a brilliant and endlessly compelling movie. Werner Herzog crafts a haunting and dark narrative about conquistadors on a doomed expedition for El Dorado as they descend into madness, complemented by Popol Vuh's magnificent score and Thomas Mauch's beautiful cinematography. This combination of breathtaking cinematography with the atmospheric soundtrack give the movie…
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris 1999
Gamera 3: Awakening of Iris is a triumph of kaiju filmmaking. While Kaneko's previous two Gamera films were great, the third and final film of his trilogy surpasses them even further.
Awakening of Iris distinguishes itself from previous Gamera movies by acknowledging an elephant (or in this case, fire-breathing turtle) in the room: while Gamera might be on humanity's side, he causes tons of destruction and casualties himself. And even the part about Gamera being on humanity's side is questioned…
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Eraserhead 1977
"Believe or not, Eraserhead is my most spiritual film."
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"No, I won't."May 24 2019: It has been four months since I moved out of my parents' house and into an apartment on my own to attend university. Around this time, I have decided to get deeper into movies and opened a Letterboxd account. In my drive to watch as many movies as possible and broaden my horizon, I decide to check out a movie I have…
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Borderlands 2024
Watched this in a Discord call and read A Clockwork Orange for most of the time it was playing because the movie was so boring. My choice of reading material was apt, since most of the call reacted like they were Alex being forced to witness footage of atrocities.
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Elf Bowling: The Movie 2007
Classic Quotes In Cinema History:
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.”
-Rhett Butler, Gone With The Wind“Rosebud.”
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Garfield Gets Real 2007
One shot included a fan edit where Jon says the f-word and nobody involved in this film gave enough of a shit to notice. The more you know.
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