Clardicus

Clardicus

Favorite films

  • The Zone of Interest
  • Poor Things
  • Changeling
  • A Man Escaped

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  • Waves

    ★★★★

  • Challengers

    ★★★★½

  • Illusions for Sale: The Rise and Fall of Generation Zoe

    ★★½

  • Signs

    ★★★

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  • Waves

    Waves

    ★★★★

    I think that this movie could've ended 40 minutes earlier given how climatic it got at that moment, but what follows isn't bad either and goes in line with the message of the film. Great cinematography. Great score. Great use of lighting. Great movie.

  • Illusions for Sale: The Rise and Fall of Generation Zoe

    Illusions for Sale: The Rise and Fall of Generation Zoe

    ★★½

    A Netflix documentary that I watched with my brother about a gigantic and bizarre pyramid scheme that occurred in Argentina and in other Hispanic countries. As a documentary, it is quite meh. The presentation is okay-ish; it has some very weird artistic choices and an abundance of recreations (that I think are better than just drone shots of cities and pure talking heads), but it is watchable. There's a distinct lack of emotion and enthusiasm; one would believe that the…

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  • Sound of Freedom

    Sound of Freedom

    ★★½

    I can't imagine how much of a hardcore American or obtuse (like the guy with the top third highest rated review on this movie) you have to be to not catch the obvious Christian, white male power fantasy,'murrican undertones of this film. It's in the way they put the USA flag in certain scenes and the use of similar colors to evoke said flag, in the way they reference God and use bible verses throughout the movie, in the use…

  • Sorcerer

    Sorcerer

    ★½

    I have no problem with slow paced movies but this 2 HOUR LONG film has a first act that last 1 HOUR, jesus christ, and the payoff isn't even satisfying. And even worse, that 1 hour set-up is completely useless.

    The second act is also really bad, it's just a montage. The characters just jump from problem A to problem B without any rest or a moment where the characters are free to flesh out.

    And finally, the tension just…