Ian

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Enjoying the way of enjoying

Favorite films

  • The Seventh Seal
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • Cold War

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  • Wedding Crashers

  • Heretic

    ★★★

  • The Truman Show

    ★★★★

  • mother!

    ★★½

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  • Climax

    Climax

    ★★★

    “Doctor, this one’s got an acute case of ‘Baby’s First Non-Marvel Film’”

    “But how do you know?”

    “He gave Climax five stars in 2019.”

    Yeah, it’s time for a referendum on this one. I fell in love with the music, the technical prowess and what I thought at the time was a shocking and depraved journey into hell that was unlike anything I’d ever seen.

    Not to twist my movie snob cap a little too tightly, but after taking a…

  • The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

    The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

    ★★★★

    I have a soft spot for this film. I watched it for the first time when I didn’t really think critically about what I was seeing. I thought it was a brilliantly crafted, intense exercise in tip-toeing dialogue and impending doom.

    It’s not that. There are some pretty signficant potholes in this bumpy road of a script. I think there is some really sharp dialogue, and also some wildly cringy lines. Oomf maxanista said it was trying to be Tarantino…

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  • The Truman Show

    The Truman Show

    ★★★★

    Perfect ending

  • mother!

    mother!

    ★★½

    All I could think about while watching this were JD Vance body dysmorphia memes. Unrelated to the film.

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  • Twenty Something

    Twenty Something

    ★★★★

    Why did I almost sob to this

  • Dune

    Dune

    ½

    I had a dream last night that I watched this and it fuckin sucked