Ben

Ben

I like films that contemplate the nature of reality.

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • Arrival
  • Primer
  • Drive

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  • Dune

    ★★★★½

  • House

    ★★★★

  • And Soon the Darkness

    ★½

  • Train to Busan

    ★★★★★

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  • House

    House

    ★★★★

    I did not know what to expect before watching this film.

    It is hard to describe the experience. All I know for sure is that I was entertained. The film seemed to be a marriage of art house film direction, horror, and comedy. It bordered on surreal and campy.

    I might watch it again sometime to spend more time watching the film and less time trying to keep up with the subtitles, because there are a lot of quick cuts where I probably missed things.

    The more I think about this film, the more I like it. Four stars for it's pure entertainment value.

  • And Soon the Darkness

    And Soon the Darkness

    ★½

    Very few redeeming qualities. The ending was disappointing.

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  • Tenet

    Tenet

    ★★½

    I want to like this film. The premise is intriguing. The performances were great in that none of the actors' acting pulled me out of the moment, the film was well cast, the cinematography, effects, I could go on and on about the technical merits. Well, excluding the sound.

    But Nolan is the ultimate responsible party here, and this is a rare miss for him. The use of exposition is taken too far. The sound made dialogue unintelligible at times,…