cmgrealis

cmgrealis

Favorite films

  • The Lighthouse
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • The Nice Guys
  • Dune: Part Two

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  • Hulk

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • The Apprentice

    ★★★½

  • The Substance

    ★★★★½

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  • Hulk

    Hulk

    ★★★½

    I was really surprised that after watching this critically panned and rejected movie 22 years after its release, I was able to find a whole new level of appreciation and respect for it, and liked it so much more now than I did growing up with it. Even more strangely, I think it succeeds in building an emotionally engaging introspective character study. This whole movie is about repressed trauma and how that trauma can manifest into something dangerous (in this case,…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    TL;DR: With one more re-write, this could have been something really special. Unfortunately, as is, this feels way too overstuffed yet pretty undercooked; sill, Pattinson is fantastic as always and you really cannot deny the creativity and passion shown on screen.

    While I would say that I liked this movie more than I didn't, I am left feeling a bit disappointed. This definitely comes from unwieldy expectations of pairing the legendary director of “Parasite” (one of my favorite films from…

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  • Moana 2

    Moana 2

    ★★½

    TL;DR: A perfectly safe and serviceable sequel that at the very least doesn’t feel soulless. 

    It was okay, but nothing compared to the original (that I only fully watched for the first time yesterday). The songs weren’t as good, the animation wasn’t as good, the story wasn’t as good, and there were no emotional beats to speak of… but I had fun! I’ll never watch it again, but it had enough good parts that made me glad that I saw…

  • Smile 2

    Smile 2

    ★★★★½

    TL;DR: My favorite straight up horror film of the past 25 years.

    Full Review: HOW DID THEY DO THIS??? How did I only hear about this movie on RUMOR sites in June, with the studio only releasing the first official trailer for it in AUGUST, and then for it to release and be just fucking amazing. I thought this movie would be shit, but this is the biggest film surprise of 2024 next to Transformers One. God, this movie is…

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