DanielJWood

DanielJWood

Favorite films

  • GoodFellas
  • 12 Angry Men
  • Babylon
  • A Clockwork Orange

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  • After Hours

    ★★★★

  • Over

  • Echo

  • Taxi Driver

    ★★★★½

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  • After Hours

    After Hours

    ★★★★

    Another Scorsese watch with ‘After Hours’ and I have to say the first 35 minutes of this movie are unreal and had my full focus like no other movie ever has. I was disappointed to see the movie go down a more slapstick type of way and become cringy and just unrealistic.

    The sound from this movie was really good and felt very necessary with the occasional clock ticking announcing the time that he has left. Certain parts of the movie felt weird and like a fever dream in a different realist and it was very interesting to be part of the experience.

  • Over

    Over

    This short film executes excellently what it needs to in as minimal shots as possible. At the beginning I was sort of confused however this was quickly cleaned up really enjoyed the timeline of how this movie was filmed. Great cinematography. 

    Not rating due to it being a short film. 

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  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    ★★★★★

    My first 5 star rated movie. What a movie it is. Critically acclaimed for a reason some say it’s one of the best movies of the 50s and some even say it’s one of the best movies ever. I can see why this is its simplicity of the storyline and the setting really injects this movie with something. It poses lots of questions for the audience like always standing up for what you think is right even if there is…

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    ★★★★

    I watched Fantastic Mr Fox recently and I have to say that it was really good. I enjoyed the style that Wes Anderson takes on his movies and the vibrancy he adds to them. 

    The way that Wes Anderson portrays real life problems with adulthood and childhood makes this much more than just a puppet show made for kids. Some of the messages that are shown through this film like not being good enough and the realism of failing your…

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