burlykino

burlykino

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Casablanca
  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Silence of the Lambs

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  • Robot in the Family

    ½

  • The Flintstones

    ★★★

  • The War with Grandpa

  • The Comedian

    ½

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  • Robot in the Family

    Robot in the Family

    ½

    What am I doing with my life?

  • The Flintstones

    The Flintstones

    ★★★

    You know what? This movie's unfairly maligned.
    It's got a perfect cast (John Goodman as Fred was a no-brainer, I'm sure, but Rick Moranis as Barney is a sublime choice), the jokes come fast and furious (and might I add, the vast majority of them land), and it moves at a good clip.
    It's a live action cartoon, and everything, from the production design to the credits, fits the task just right.
    Perhaps I enjoy it so much cause I…

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  • Watchmen: Chapter II

    Watchmen: Chapter II

    ★★★★

    Here's something I don't say often:
    this could've used an extra 20 minutes.
    Overall, it's still a solid adaptation, and I'm glad they kept all the important stuff (including the original ending, no Snyderization here), but at times it felt a bit too fast-paced.
    Perhaps it's a flaw of any adaptation of a story meant to be experienced in installments. There are plenty of moments that need time to breathe, but here we are pressed for time and have to…

  • Babylon

    Babylon

    ½

    Interminable and exhausting. Just a waste of time and resources for all involved. A movie that has nothing to say about anything, and takes way too long to say it.
    Margot Robbie is the only one who seems to understand what she is doing (even if I barely did), while Brad Pitt looks like he just doesn't give a crap anymore. Pretty much the whole cast seems to be at a loss and hoping that the guy who for some…

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