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My girlfriend told me to start journaling so I do it on here about movies

Favorite films

  • The Banshees of Inisherin
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Children of Men
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

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  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    ★½

  • Matilda

    ★★★

  • Saturday Night

    ★★★½

  • The Road to El Dorado

    ★★★

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  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    ★½

    Wow I’m disappointed. Banshees of Inisherin is one of my all time favorite movies, so I was excited to watch something else from the same director. And not only did it not live up to my expectations, I think the directing and writing is to blame for it.

    The acting was good. Not sure if it was Oscar-winning good, but good. However, every scene just has this twinge of awkwardness that makes it not feel real, like we’re on a…

  • Matilda

    Matilda

    ★★★

    Couldn’t tell if I had watched this or not as a kid until the chocolate cake scene came on. Everything about that cake, how fudgy and chocolatey it was, how it got all over the kid’s face, and what the plate looked like when he was done, all of it was absolutely embedded in my memory.

    Fun movie, doesn’t really land in all the big moments it tries to, but I love the style. Chris Columbus definitely took inspiration from this when making the first Harry Potter film.

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  • Children of Men

    Children of Men

    ★★★★

    my eyes are horny

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night

    ★★★½

    This movie is fucking vibes. Makes me wish I actually enjoyed Saturday Night Live.

    The atmosphere is as chaotic and stressful as I expected, but so warm and comforting at the same time. A coziness in the chaos. I think the fact this atmosphere was achieved is kind of brilliant, because it’s right in line with Lorne’s description of the show: a fun night in NYC.

    The performances were engaging, made me interested when anyone was on screen. That being…

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