richard740

richard740

Favorite films

  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Schindler's List

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  • Asteroid City

    ★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★★★

  • The Wild Robot

    ★★★★½

  • The Gorge

    ★★

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  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

    ★★½

    I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this one, but I typically love Wes Anderson so my hopes were higher than average - and man this movie just didn’t do much at all for me. I never felt like I really got invested in what was happening, even amidst the trademark charm

  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★

    Agree that the final act left me underwhelmed a touch, to the point that I wasn’t sure if I’d missed a scene or two in the payoff. But I loved it from start to finish, and found myself asking God for wisdom in how to navigate these same kind of politics and challenges as they come up in my ministry life. Absolutely love Fiennes, Tucci, Lithgow, and all the major players. What a brutal and touching scene with Adeyemi - there’s some seriously complex notions of guilt and lifetime culpability there. 

    Really good movie, enjoyable pacing, strong performances all around

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  • Blade Runner 2049

    Blade Runner 2049

    ★★★★★

    The scene in the memory clinic with K and Stelline is one of the finer acted and orchestrated scenes I know of.

  • The Gorge

    The Gorge

    ★★

    Good gorge-related movie