This is my favorite romantic comedy of all time, and the movie I've watched the most in my life. This doesn't mean that it should be everyone's favorite movie, but for me, it has a lot going for it.
I first watched it during my late teen years, and for some reason I thought, "this is the life I want to be living", which really makes no sense when you see what her life is like. I think I'd always…
"Emaciated shrimp" gets me every time. I wish they would put out more of these.
I like deliberate people. I like people who aren't quite perfectionists, but who put thought and care into the things they do. (I think this is one of the reasons why I'm drawn to Japan.)
Why am I saying this? Robert Eggers is clearly a man who cares about what he does. He made his crew construct the set of The Witch using historically accurate tools. Who would have noticed if a log was cut with a chainsaw? Nobody. But…
Here’s a very special collab for my birthday with the very special Chris/Zig! Check out his review too! This movie is thematically appropriate for me since I’ve been a certified sleep professional (RPSGT) for the last 18 years and I’ve been interested in dreams basically since birth. Sorry if that creeps into this review a bit (or a lot). Here we go:
Nicolas Cage is not a zebra, but he plays one in this movie. He actually successfully pulls off…
Gaspard calls himself a cynic, but I don't believe him. In this Linklater-esque tale (actually Richard Linklater was directly inspired by Rohmer's work), one boy spends 2 weeks walking around French beaches with not one, not two, but three good looking girls, waiting for one of them to fall in love with him. Cynic my ass.
On top of that, he plays folksy guitar music and writes a sea shanty, supposedly for one of them, but perhaps for another. Meanwhile…
