Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Adaptation. 2002

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Feb 2025

  At first, I struggled to differentiate conformity from adaptation as both Charlie and Orlean clearly want to break the existential mold of the world; but by the middle of the third act it was clear: Charlie adapts! Who would have thought. 

  Similarly, the motif of a ghost flower representing a screenplay is very persistent, but why couldn’t the flower represent a human? They both adapt, no?  But I believe it is agency that keeps humans out of the equation.

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  Synecdoche, New York 2008

  ★★★ Watched 25 Jan 2025

  A film without characters, only themes.

  It felt distant and hard to connect with. Caden never changes, making him feel more like a symbol than a character, which ultimately makes the film hard to engage with.

Popular reviews

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  Anyone But You 2023

  ½ Watched 02 Jan 2024

  Anyone But You, with no exaggeration, might be the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. 

  The writing, dialogue and acting was atrocious, The Room-esc. With this, Sydney Sweeney some how managed to be by far the worst. Even after a fun little joke that was most likely unfunny, Sweeney would say the most unhumorous, terribly acted, nasaly and annoying line ever spoken on film.

  Even for a rom-com it lacks depth and any intriguing features. After that…

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Dec 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.