hamzapool

hamzapool

Favorite films

  • Grave of the Fireflies
  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
  • Funny Games
  • The Matrix

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • This Is Spinal Tap

    ★★★

  • The Princess Bride

    ★★★½

  • Life Is Beautiful

    ★★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    I’ve seen a lot of people criticise this film for its “flimsy” handling of multiple themes and for apparently not committing to any of them. The most obvious themes include workers’ rights, the way capitalism destroys people from within, and philosophical musings on cloning, among others. But these are all sub-themes. I find it hilarious that many of these critiques fail to grasp what is quite clearly the film’s most prevalent theme, one that is committed to throughout and ultimately…

  • This Is Spinal Tap

    This Is Spinal Tap

    ★★★

    Not my thing

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  • Borderlands

    Borderlands

    ½

    I hate Eli Roth with a passion like no other, both as an artist and as a person. I’ve never been so happy to hate a film as I am with this one.

    It’s like watching your least favourite person die in a burning car.

    I also hate Gearbox, Randy Pitchford, and video game adaptations. 

    This films death was a gift sent to me from God.

  • I Saw the TV Glow

    I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★★★½

    It’s so refreshing to watch a film about identity—trans identity in this case—that doesn’t spend so much time trying to educate potentially prejudiced or uninformed audiences. Too often, films on this subject feel like they’re made more for middle-aged dads struggling to understand their children's self-discovery than for the people they should be for.

    This film doesn’t care about the opinions of people who don’t get it, and shows that by telling the story of someone who cares too much, overly…

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