Ricardo

Ricardo

i make tattoos and sometimes watch movies

Favorite films

  • The Beast
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Titane
  • Collateral

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  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★½

  • Sound of Metal

    ★★★★

  • Red Rooms

    ★★★★½

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  • Sound of Metal

    Sound of Metal

    ★★★★

    another movie where rewatching it in between years of life has colored my appreciation for it more vividly. i see aspects of ruben in me as well as knowing so many people with aspects of ruben in them. the sound design is frighteningly immersive in its illustration of deafness, as well as the simulation of hearing with a cochlear implant.

    it reminds me of when i learned about disability rights in college, and a refrain from someone (whose name i…

  • Red Rooms

    Red Rooms

    ★★★★½

    a fantastic turn from piquing my interest with its general skewering of true crime fanaticism/internet-based violence fetishism, to inflicting full-body nausea in the third act (almost as nauseating as learning that 21.5 BTC was the equivalent of around USD$400k in october 2022). holy shit can juliette gariépy really play a freak!! will be thinking about this one for a few days

    EDIT: the ada rook (black dresses) needle drop was so unexpected but appreciated

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  • The Beast

    The Beast

    ★★★★★

    aside from the poignant themes of alienation, capitalism et al this shit made me delete dating apps and got me listening to og maco (seizure is great for cardio god DAMN)

  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    ½

    I think a lot about how the money spent on this trilogy could have singlehandedly given Flint, MI clean water.

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