chrissyd

chrissyd

Favorite films

  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Lighthouse
  • Boy
  • The Lobster

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  • The Beatles: Get Back

    ★★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

  • Gladiator II

    ★★

  • Talk to Me

    ★★★★

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  • The Beatles: Get Back

    The Beatles: Get Back

    ★★★★★

    I have fallen in love with all of these men.

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    Looks great, sounds Great. The mood is fantastic.

    Inconsistent acting was my only issue. Lily Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, and Aaron Taylor Johnson just couldn't seem to pull off the Dialogue with any semblance of realism or believability, and as a result the dialogue they are delivering begins to sound fairly cheesy. This is highlighted further by the fact that Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson deliver their lines perfectly, and felt like real people who really speak like that. Their…

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  • The Witch

    The Witch

    ★★★★★

    Thought I'd write something I've been thinking about Bobby Eggman's films, post watching The Northman, since this is the film that started it all, I'll put that thought here. This isn't a fully rounded review of The VVitch, just a look into one aspect of the storytelling.

    Eggman doesn't write movies in the traditional sense, as the subtitle of The VVitch tells us, he writes folk tales. To me, that description encapsulates what I like most about his films, they…

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★½

    A great example of a filmmaker trying to fit far too much into their script.

    There are no characters, simply vessels for exposition with no emotional depth. It feels as though the cast is directed to deliver their lines as quickly as possible in a race to the end of the scene, so we can move on to the next equally rushed exposition dump and reach the end of the film so it can finally end.

    The whole film is…

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