Demarie

Demarie

Favorite films

  • Forrest Gump
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • West Side Story
  • Saving Private Ryan

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  • Last Breath

    ★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★★½

  • It Ends with Us

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

    ★★★★

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  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★½

    This was actually so good.

  • It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us

    ★★★½

    I'm really surprised with how good of a job they've done with this adaptation. After reading the book, I thought that there was no way Blake Lively was going to be able to play Lily Bloom, but this is the best acting I've ever seen from her. We all know she's one of the most beautiful women alive, but every character I've ever seen her play before this has been a variation of Serena van der Woodsen (who is not…

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  • Blue Valentine

    Blue Valentine

    ★★★★½

    This film is a powerful piece of art. Rather than being artsy in the slow, boring, overly ambiguous sort of way, it is art in the beautiful but painful but truthful sort of way.

    The story, script, and dialogue are so real. This film is an impactful depiction of the complexities of relationships--why they begin, why they end, and what causes (and maybe even justifies) miscommunication, vitriol, and emotional withdrawal.

    The cinematography and camera work are purposeful and add understated…

  • The Insider

    The Insider

    It feels like someone went out of their way to make this movie bad. Even with solid actors and an interesting storyline to work with, somehow it still got fatuously botched.

    1. I am not exaggerating in the least when I say this movie could have (and should have) been a full hour shorter. The big reveal/climax took place about halfway through...and then it just kept going and going for literally no reason.

    2. The cinematography was completely unrelated to…