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Movie good make me happy, movie bad make me sad.

Favorite films

  • Thief
  • Hellboy
  • Nope
  • Lars and the Real Girl

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  • The Electric State

  • Ichi the Killer

    ★★★★

  • The Insider

    ★★★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

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  • Godzilla

    Godzilla

    ★★★★

    Man I’m over here charging my spore I got nuclear radiation on my spore rn I'm just charging my shit I'm lowkey a freak

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    ★★★★★

    120 minutes of art persevering. This movie’s existence is a testament to the passion of countless people and the singular vision of a mad genius. Actually insane that this is something I can just watch whenever I want. Gets better every time and even more gorgeous in the intended black and white. 


    Sorry for breathing the same air as you George Miller.

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  • The Electric State

    The Electric State

    “Ain’t nobody eat up in here in a long time. If it was good, it’s bad now.” 

    Agonizing. Blasphemously unearned Flaming Lips needle drop over the credits. Then again, see the quote above and realize this may just be a brilliant self-satire about Netflix’s current catalog.

    Colman Domingo innocent

  • Ichi the Killer

    Ichi the Killer

    ★★★★

    “There’s no love to your violence.” 

         Aesthetically, I’m all over this. Aggressively digital imagery, scenes freezing as the camera repositions itself within space, velvet pants reflecting the hellish sunlight as the unstoppable sadist meets the immovable masochist. I do see this as a genuine commentary on ultraviolence, morbid curiosity, and how these things interact with our culture (and more specifically masculinity) but Miike is evidently avoiding a concrete thesis. Could use a rewatch - no time soon.

    “If you’re not gonna give me a hit just kill me bro.” 

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  • Batman: Dead End

    Batman: Dead End

    ★★★★

    It’s crazy how an 8 minute fan film still has one of the greatest live action shots of Batman in any movie

  • Better Man

    Better Man

    ★★★★

    “Let me entertain you.” 

         Utter galvanism. Dazzling visuals that rarely stutter melt over a solid if not basic biopic narrative. Stands out so far from its contemporaries not only because of the obvious, but because that trait lets it become an absolute dream that weaves back and forth between being a nightmare, ultimately exploding into a sequence that cannot be described in a way that doesn’t make me sound like I’m not talking about a biopic. Its biggest…