Ethan Thompson

Ethan Thompson

Favorite films

  • Whiplash
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Prestige
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Greatest Beer Run Ever

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    ★★★★½

  • Persona

    ★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    A funnier film than I expected. Some great characters in here and genuinely hilarious scenes. Mark Ruffalo’s idiotic egotistic leader shined in every scene he was in, and Pattinson did wonderful as the little freak he was. 

    Until the title card played about 20 minutes in, or we got to the clones — this film was phenomenal. The world building, tone, story… then it lost it as it kept going. I didn’t feel like it dragged so much until near…

  • The Greatest Beer Run Ever

    The Greatest Beer Run Ever

    Did not finish. One of the worst films I’ve ever seen

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  • Procter

    Procter

    ★★★

    Of all the movies I’ve watched on weird Russian YouTube, this is definitely one of them.

    The premise was there man. Our plain clothed protagonist stumbling upon a burning car, dead body, and video camera? That’s enticing stuff. Watching the video tape of the man who killed himself felt like genuinely watching it through our hero’s eyes. Curious, a bit frightened… That for me was the highlight of this short. It didn’t quite build up to anything crazy, but maybe…

  • Cha Cha Real Smooth

    Cha Cha Real Smooth

    ★★★★½

    “Hey, I’m nervous.”
    “Everybody’s nervous.”

    This movie made me want to make a movie. 

    More specifically, this movie made me want to make a movie that makes others feel like this one made me feel. 

    As a 24 year old who got married at 19, this movie struck more chords than I expected it to. I sympathized hard with both Andrew and Domino’s side of the coin. Andrew is a 22 year old that spends his time working a dead…