Astro Boii

Astro Boii

Not a film critic by any means, so please take my not-always-well-thought-out opinions with a grain of salt.

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★½

  • The Mehta Boys

    ★★½

  • All We Imagine as Light

    ★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★½

    It wasn't a dull movie by any means, kept me entertained throughout the runtime. But the voiceover and dialogue-heavy nature of the film led to way too much exposure and info-dumping, reducing any sense of mystique that I'd expect from a sci-fi film. Some of the dialogue delivery was too caricaturey for my taste (the female scientist comes to mind). The climax was also a little disappointing; I expected an epic showdown between the Creepers and Mark Ruffalo/ the humans, but I was left wanting more. On the plus side, I did enjoy Robert Pattinson's performance consistently throughout the movie.

  • Cuties

    Cuties

    Watched this after the social-media controversy. I was one of this film's early detractors; some of the clips were disgusting to me. Kids and twerking just don't belong in the same sentence.

    That being said, the director's intentions weren't so bad. The plot is clear: it's about a young girl caught between two worlds that demand drastically different things from her. I felt bad for Amy, a girl being pushed to grow up too fast thanks to her circumstances. Some…

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  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

    ★★

    I'm now allergic to floating plastic bags and what they symbolise.

  • The Social Dilemma

    The Social Dilemma

    ★★½

    Informative and worth the watch for the interesting interviews, but the reenactment scenes were so cheesy it had me skipping. Especially the scenes with the three AI gremlins steering the main character; had me thinking of Spy Kids, for some reason.