Brandon Watson

Brandon Watson

Favorite films

  • Opening Night
  • The Edge of Heaven
  • Satantango
  • Do the Right Thing

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  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • A Short Film About Killing

    ★★★★

  • The Piano

    ★½

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  • I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    ★★★½

    This was a beautiful movie. Always a breath of fresh air when a story follows the families and women involved in historical events. 
    I can't say i enjoyed watching it though. A lot of the scenes felt without purpose, and I felt like I was just watching Brazilian people have fun for the first 45 minutes, like some sort of nostalgia bait for the aesthetic of the 70's. 
    I also didn't really feel any sympathy for this clearly upper class,…

  • Ordinary People

    Ordinary People

    ★★★★½

    This was a real winner for me. A bit clunky at parts, but it felt like a Donnie Darko predecessor with way more focus on character study and narrative. Donald Sutherland looks like a wise friendly owl and I can't wait to get stuck in with more of his older catalogue.

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  • How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    ½

    Everything about this is cheap manipulative tripe. And extremely boring. Click bait title, YouTube 10hr  piano background music as the score, weird religious undertones, normcore "teach the audience a lesson of kindness without gratification" moral conclusions.. Im offended.

  • Husbands

    Husbands

    ★★★★

    I have an irrepressible, unconditional love for Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, I could just THINK about them acting, smiling, existing and I get goosebumps and a complete boost in happiness. I think the only actor I could think about that would give me the same feeling is James Gandolfini. It's like when I think of a really beautiful song and I even imagine the melody in my head and my eyes start to water, they are both as powerful…

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