Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 2014

  ★★★★ Rewatched 05 Apr 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011

  ★★★½ Rewatched 04 Apr 2024

  The genesis of Caesar, the best cinematic ape of the 21st century.

  While the human characters are mediocre and poorly developed, the apes have captivating personalities that inspire empathy (and sympathy). A great start to the Apes saga. More importantly, Rise is also quite fun.

  Caesar > King Kong

Popular reviews

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  Mad Max: Fury Road 2015

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 01 Dec 2023

  Excelente em tudo aquilo que se propõe a alcançar, Mad Max: Fury Road é bem-vindo ao panteão que congrega os melhores filmes de ação de todos os tempos. Não sei como explicar o meu fascínio pela criação de George Miller, uma obra de arte edificada pela sujeira, gasolina, música e velocidade. Puro Heavy Metal.

  Por trás de toda a adrenalina, há a filosofia e a política. A exploração do ser humano, a normalização da miséria, a construção de um patriarcado…

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  The Hexer 2001

  ★ Watched 06 Jan 2022

  This movie feels like an in-universe porn parody (minus the actual sex) directed by Jaskier.

  As a Witcher fan, it is indeed nice to understand what the hell is going on, as this movie is essentially composed by a series of poor lore exposition scenes with horrible VFX and goofy acting. Because of that, it's virtually impossible to comprehend the story unless you are already familiar with Andrzej Sapkowski's books and characters (I guess that IS the target demographic but…