defvent

defvent

Favorite films

  • A Face in the Crowd
  • Paper Moon
  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  • Children of Heaven

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★

  • The Menu

    ★★½

  • The Nice Guys

  • Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★½

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★★

    Running gags, physical comedy, slapstick, misdirection, set up and pay off, call backs— This movie has it all!
    In an age of sorely missed comedies, this one arrives with welcome arms. Is the future of comedy the past?

  • The Menu

    The Menu

    ★★½

    The film clearly has something to say, either I'm too dumb to get it or it's not smart enough to convey it's point. Or maybe the film maker was trying to ask the question, "Can you enjoy a movie when every character is insufferable?"

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  • Strange World

    Strange World

    ½

    I think the goal here was to hit as many modern sensibilities as they could, disability, diversity, homosexuality, interracial couples, daddy issues, toxic masculinity, environmentalism, feminism, xenophobia, and I imagine the world they were living in was meant to be some sort of socialist utopia. I really don't mind people putting a message in their movies but in this case the story suffers from it. The writers focused so much on their activism, they forgot to write a good story.…

  • I, Robot

    I, Robot

    ★★★★★

    This is my favorite childhood film. I watched it again for my birthday as I cooked myself french toast.

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