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  • Chungking Express
  • Grave Decisions
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Paris, Texas

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  • The Beekeeper

  • Salt

    ★★½

  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

    ★½

  • The Message

    ★★

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  • Punching the World

    Punching the World

    ★★★

    Mich stört bei dem pflichtbewussten "Nazis sind Scheiße"-Kino aus Deutschland immer vor allem eines:

    Es fehlt volkommen der Aspekt, warum der Faschismus ideologisch attraktiv ist. Die große These des Filmes scheint dagegen zu sein: Ist halt Zufall, ob du aus einer Krisensituation als Antifaschist, Zentrist oder Faschist herauskommst.

    Dieser Film überzeugt niemanden, seine politische Einstellung zu ändern und damit verfehlt er, wie nahezu das gesamte deutsche Kino, welches sich mit Nazis beschäftigt, das Thema.

  • Paul

    Paul

    ★★★★

    I think this movie really touched on core issues of our society. The simple metaphor of cleaning your room as a way to clean your psyche has been used by Jordan B. Peterson to great effect.
    But Paul does something different. Instead of doing this completely self serving, he is cleaning other people's homes and consequently tries to repair society as a whole.

    His fight is a fight for freedom to self express and be happy, which connects him to…

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  • Don't Look Up

    Don't Look Up

    ★★½

    I can't quite put my finger on it, but this movie feels bad. Thematically is is great and mentions plenty of important things, the actors overall do a good job, but it still hits the uncanny valley. I have to express my appreciation for Netflix, though. After Squid game they brought another important cultural issue to the center of the entertainment market.

  • Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen

    Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen

    The interesting question regarding this type of movie is, what its purpose is. I think, it is a kind of self imposed behaviour therapy. The (regular) viewer is supposed to learn several things:
    1. Business and success have absolute priority
    2. All problems are easy to solve
    3. Find a mate to have companionship (especially on christmas)

    All other themes in these movies are extremely shallow and replacable, to avoid conflict with the viewers identity. The viewer must be able to imagine himself in the same position as the protagonist.

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