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Favorite films

  • Whiplash
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Uncut Gems
  • Amélie

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  • Step Up 3D

    ★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★

  • The Godfather Part II

    ★★★★★

  • The Interview

    ★★

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  • Step Up 3D

    Step Up 3D

    ★★

    Acting was so bad at times, some of the scenes were just so funny at how bizarre the scenario was lmao. But it also so nostalgic, like when I would stumble on some show when I passed through the Disney Channel many years ago. It is a great time capsule of 2010 fashion and the last great era of NYC before it got gentrified to complete shit. Kind of iconic how it showed the growing sneaker/drip/skate culture right before it took off to complete gentrified mainstream - though I think this was clearly the tipping point.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★

    The conditions I watched this serious film were not the best, next to a party room which affected the experience to say the least - hearing Pitbull or Rhianna playing behind the beautiful ambient piano felt a bit comedic at times. Initially I watched it for the architect dick-riding, but it became a lot more introspective that I could imaging after discussions with my architecture professor. A major theme of the film was self-perpetuated destruction based on post-trauma, following a…

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  • The Godfather Part II

    The Godfather Part II

    ★★★★★

    Ooo it all came together in this film baby. This feels like the movie plot of all movie plots. I was left with a question on what it is to be a man; to be a leader. Not in an American Psycho alpha-sigma type of way but in a more genuine-profound type of way. The decisions I make affect others, especially as I gain responsibilities further into adulthood. Nothing too deep about that last sentence, I realize after writing it - BUT like, it hit hard after this movie ya'know?

  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★★

    Beautiful set and costume design, innovative mixing of set ideas - Gothic, steampunk. Thought provoking story about a feminine take on coming of age. Probably a bit too vulgar but perhaps that’s humanity. I enjoyed the philosophical conservations about morality.

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