Brian

Brian

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Favorite films

  • Star Wars
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • Alien
  • The Lego Movie

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  • Moana 2

    ★½

  • Night of the Living Dead

    ★★★★

  • Heretic

    ★★★½

  • Winnie-the-Pooh Goes Visiting

    ★★★★½

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  • Moana 2

    Moana 2

    ★½

    Every single character is comic relief.

    It should have stayed a TV show. I feel like a ton was lost, everything introduced is missing depth and explanation. What little is there feels rushed. It doesn't look particularly good. Not a single catchy song.

    Dwayne is trying to be Robin Williams Genie, and I'm not having it.

  • Night of the Living Dead

    Night of the Living Dead

    ★★★★

    The good ol days, back when all you needed to be a zombie was some torn clothes and a little grit in your teeth.

    Jesus Barbra do something.

    Add this to the list of classic movies that are so influential that now they just feel cliche.

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  • Winnie-the-Pooh

    Winnie-the-Pooh

    ★★★★½

    Some Notes from a Pooh fan-

    Arguably a better interpretation of the source material than the Disney version, at least tonally. It perfectly walks the smart/sarcastic yet stupid line that a lot of the Disney stuff misses. Pooh is truly a philosopher here.

    Apparently, since the bear is the national symbol of Russia, there were some concerns about portraying Pooh as a teddy. So, instead, Pooh's Russian interpretation shoots for making him a more "real" bear. The (relatively) more realistic…

  • Solaris

    Solaris

    ★★★½

    What in the Oppenheimer is the deal with the random black and white shots?

    Brave of him to have fishnet t-shirts be a staple of his wardrobe.

    There's a lot of fantastic stuff in here, but the pacing, particularly in the first 1/3rd, is a huge issue. The ten minutes of driving around Tokyo for no reason was a real buzz kill.

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