Greg Zhu

Greg Zhu

Favorite films

  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • District 9

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  • Open 24 Hours

    ★★½

  • John Wick: Chapter 4

    ★★★

  • Memories of Matsuko

    ★★★★★

  • District 9

    ★★★★★

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  • Open 24 Hours

    Open 24 Hours

    ★★½

    Theme is there, but the execution could be better.

    For me, it is always more important that a film delivers a message than delivers it well. That is certainly the case with this film. It has some great reflection on guilt, trauma, and mental illnesses. It did a great job at portraying the horrific nature of the protagonist’s delusions and her inability to distinguish it from the real world, and the end result is the fear of reality.

    Vanessa Grasse’s…

  • John Wick: Chapter 4

    John Wick: Chapter 4

    ★★★

    First and foremost, I’m a longtime JW fan. But I also have many hobbies.

    As a firearm enthusiast, I witnessed the franchise’s disgraceful descent into a TTI advertisement, which I detested. I also witness the downward spiral in the choices of weaponries, from realistic in the first movie, to somewhat acceptable in the second, and to utterly ridiculous in the last two. For instance, in JW3, when Charon informed Wick that the high-table forces made armour improvements, instead of choosing…

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  • Manchester by the Sea

    Manchester by the Sea

    ★★★★★

    If you hated this film, if you find it boring or if it doesn’t resonate with you, be utterly grateful that you don’t carry any guilt in your life.

    How can someone continue to live on, after something so traumatic has happened in their life? I think it’s just kind of, we just let life drag us on at that point, which is what I think was happening to Lee Chandler. Having lost all incentives to live on, after a…

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