Ben Carpenter

Ben Carpenter

Favorite films

  • Sex and the City
  • Titanic
  • Addams Family Values
  • Easy A

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  • Heart Eyes

    ★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • The Day After Tomorrow

    ★★★

  • Basic Instinct

    ★★★★

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  • Heart Eyes

    Heart Eyes

    ★★½

    Hideously acceptable and not scary - a lot of people running from one location and subsequently ending up somewhere totally different within one cut

  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★½

    The Real Cardinals of the Vatican. Haven’t gasped this much in a movie since that girlie with the nut allergy got decapitated out the car window in Hereditary 

    Things I’ll be adopting after consuming this hit:

    - Blowing a candle out as a means of suggesting someone should leave my abode 
    - Saying ‘Forgive me’ before I say something totally out of pocket 
    - Having a loud Nespresso machine in every room

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    Films that are left ‘open to interpretation’ often just allow people to ignore the obvious truths and perceive a films message to be whatever they need in that moment. This can often be a good thing.

    The Substance
    on the other hand leaves absolutely nothing open to interpretation. It’s a heavy handed, black and white allegory about the miserable lengths women, specifically those in the entertainment industry, will go to maintain their youth, largely due to the profound limitations enforced…

  • Monkey Man

    Monkey Man

    ★★★½

    Look Dev, I know you made a pretty good film based in the context of an important political event and directed your action sequences seamlessly, even if there were a few too many quick cuts, but I’m going to be honest… I think we should get married. I’m in love with you and I have to say it aloud. Anywho I’ll let you sit with that offer. Well done again x