HaydenStagg

HaydenStagg

Favorite films

  • Heat
  • The Big Short
  • The Godfather Part II
  • Batman Begins

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  • Gladiator II

    ★★★

  • Gladiator

    ★★★★★

  • The Batman

    ★★★★★

  • The Crow

    ½

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  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★★

    Thoroughly entertained. Just questionable motivations that were hard to follow outside of Macrinus. A lack of emotional depth. The Lucious and Acacius fight was underwhelming. This film needed to take more risks in their storytelling. But it is not as bad as people say it is.

  • Gladiator

    Gladiator

    ★★★★★

    I could write an essay about every aspect of this film that makes it great. I thought Commodus was well-written and portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix. His actions are a tale of a son not meeting the standard his father set. A father that happens to be the emperor of Rome. These conditions led Commodus to be jealous, self-centered, shallow. This would be signs of a weak man but it actually makes him very dangerous when he assumes power. Because he…

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  • Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 2

    Attack on Titan The Final Chapters: Special 2

    ½

    Complete character assassination. Time loop makes our journey with Eren worthless. Isayama takes the safe route meanwhile exploring heavy themes of war, politics, corruption, patriotism, fear and peace throughout the series. Throws it all away because of the potential backlash of what he truly wanted to convey.

  • Donnie Brasco

    Donnie Brasco

    ★★★★

    Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, and Michael Madsen at their best. You can feel the weight of the inner conflict with all characters.