Daniel Ladd

Daniel Ladd

Favorite films

  • City of God
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
  • The Handmaiden
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1

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  • Beau Is Afraid

    ★½

  • Django Unchained

    ★★★★

  • Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning

    ★★★

  • Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

    ★★★½

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  • Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid

    ★½

    Watched the first third maybe 6 months ago and did not have the willpower to finish watching until today. Coming from someone that likes Hereditary and loves Midsommar, this is probably the most unenjoyable film I've ever seen. The technical aspects of this cannot save it from being an absolute burden to finish. Ari Aster seems to have hit the nail on the head depicting anxiety on the big screen since it is completely torturous to watch, and under no…

  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

    ★★★★½

    I vaguely remember watching about half of this on TV around 2am like 15 years ago thinking wtf is going on, and once I saw today it was almost 3 hours long I had the preconceived notion it could to be a bit of a slog to get through, fortunately I was entirely wrong.

    This is both visually and aurally fantastic, especially the soundtrack, and had me engaged the entire way through.

    Seems like the sort of film you can…

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  • The Piano

    The Piano

    ★★★½

    Enjoyed this film surprisingly well, but also left with a sour taste due to the direction the plot took. Biggest surprise however was an actually competent child actor for once.

  • An American Werewolf in London

    An American Werewolf in London

    ★★★★

    If only they used Frank Sinatra's Blue Moon too.

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