Ferdiinand

Ferdiinand

Favorite films

  • We Are Who We Are
  • Lady Bird
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  • Mulholland Drive

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  • Adolescence

    ★★★★

  • The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

    ★★★★

  • Just Mercy

    ★★★

  • Black Swan

    ★★★★½

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  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★

    I have nothing to add to the discourse surrounding this show. Everything has already been said. The single take concept is very impressive and makes it feel much more realistic. You really have to sit through the boring moments that would usually get cut which forces you to experience everything in real time. Every episode got progressively worse which kind of left me unimpressed towards the end. It should have a second season cause there are a lot more angles…

  • The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

    The Pervert's Guide to Ideology

    ★★★★

    Zizek is so difficult to listen to. Reading his books is pushing it but listening to him is on another level of confusing. I had to rewind multiple times whenever i heard something i found interesting. It did however feel very rewarding anytime i did understand something. That’s what I love so much about reading/listening to Zizek. Itll be 3 pages of confusing theoretical jargon and then he’ll suddenly make it make sense with just one paragraph. I noticed a…

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  • Just Mercy

    Just Mercy

    ★★★

    It told a story, that’s about it. I enjoyed reading the book much more. The movie left out a lot of elements i thought were crucial, and added tons of unnecessary drama. It did however depict Montgomery exactly as i had imagined it while reading. The execution scene with that one dude was pretty intense but other than that it just felt very vanilla.

  • Black Swan

    Black Swan

    ★★★★½

    Thoroughly impressed by this movie. So fucking elegant, and so well made. It feels very expressionist. The format its shot in already forces you into a certain tense, claustrophobic position. The close angle shots and organic camera movements really insert you into the minds of the characters. I don't think there was a single shot of the sky/horizon in this entire movie. It was very tense and captivating. The camera work is otherworldly. So fluid and dynamic. There were some…

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