ajayi26

ajayi26

Favorite films

  • After Life
  • Persona
  • Blue Velvet
  • Three Colours: Blue

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  • Anora

    ★★½

  • Phantom Thread

    ★★★★

  • Sky High

    ★★★★★

  • Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★½

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

  • Phantom Thread

    Phantom Thread

    ★★★★

    8.7/10 - A House that Never Changes is a Dead House. 

    What a surprise of a work from PTA. I believe almost every director has that film that stands out in stark contrast in either a small or large way in their filmography. It may not be their “best”, but it’s got an air of such mature vulnerability. 

    For Nolan, I think it’s Interstellar. For Bergman, I’d say it was Fanny and Alexander or Wild Strawberries, for Tarkovsky, Nostalgia, and…

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  • Wolf Man

    Wolf Man

    ★½

    Early Screening 🤑

    Scattered breadcrumbs of really cool things that are mainly plot moments, and most of those effects moments, with a really nice score, some cool cinematography at times, interesting concepts, but abysmal script. 

    This is Smile for werewolves, complete with a very hamfisted analogy / allegory, and dogshit dialogue. 

    The effects are, however, amazing. Like actually amazing. I’m 0-2 on early screenings so far (the last one we got absolutely fucked on the seats), but I had a fun…

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    ★★★½

    7.8/10 - TLDR There is a universe where justice was served and instead of making three Batman films, Nolan makes a fire Iron Man Trilogy. 


    Key points because I yap: 

    1.) Nolan is more interested in science than the macabre or fantastical, which is inherently tied within the world of Batman and DC as a whole. His interest in technology and science would’ve serviced a Marvel superhero film way better, and in particular, Iron Man, which this film feels like…

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