Favorite films

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Dec 2024

  kind of stands against everything this year's other musical bobopic stood for, but definitely a better film

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  Vertigo 1958

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Nov 2024

  Woman casts her spell over man.
  Man enforces his authority over woman.

  "Somewhere in here I was born. And there I died. It was only a moment for you -- you took no notice."

Popular reviews

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  Apocalypto 2006

  ★★★½ Added 1

  This film opens with the quote: "A great civilisation is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within," laying its thesis out plainly for even the most undiscerning audiences. This was written by Will Durant about the Roman Empire, but applied here, especially with the film's closing scenes, it serves as a complete erasure of impending colonization, which led to the death of millions in Mesoamerica. The film's portrayal of the Mayan people's sadistic barbarism seems to…

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  Cats 2019

  ★ Watched 06 Jan 2020

  Consensus seems to be that this is supremely boring, which is the worst thing a film can be. I had more fun sliding down the recliner seats into the row in front of me.

  Truly an awful choice as the rare film I've seen not under the influence of anything.

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