Yeah, I give out a lot of high ratings, but is it my fault that every film I choose to watch happens to be so good?
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018
This is like the Godfather Part II if you think about it.
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Wicked 2024
I think the stage musical is quite good, but what I'm reviewing here is the film. I'm disappointed that it only covers half the story, something perhaps necessary for an adaptation of Dune but not for this. Despite covering so little content, it's 2.5 hours long, and that's because the story gets drawn out far more than it needs to. I'm happy with the performances and with most of the special effects, but I was so underwhelmed to see this was only a part 1.
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
Finally got to watch this one with subtitles and to be completely honest, due to the film's structure it didn’t really help me understand the plot that much more. When I watched this film in Japanese my take away was that due to not understanding the plot fully, the film’s greatest strength was its visual and audio spectacle. And this remains the film’s greatest strength, even more noticeably beautiful on my rewatch. If anything the plot is structured almost as…
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There Will Be Blood 2007
My experience with PTA up to this point was good but also felt lacking, although everything seemed perfect from a technical, performance and screenwriting standpoint, some x factor felt missing to make his films really stick with me.
But it is impossible for me to find something missing from "There will be Blood" a film that is Kubrikesque in how ambitious its character study is.
I can't go over every strength but one that stood out to me was subtlety…
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