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iyellatcloud

Favorite films

  • The Matrix
  • Memento
  • Gattaca
  • Mr. Holland's Opus

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  • Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

    ★★★

  • Troy

    ★★★½

  • Shaolin Soccer

    ★★★½

  • Kung Fu Hustle

    ★★★★

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  • Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

    Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

    ★★★

    The humor here is of the 'throw the kitchen sink at the wall and see what sticks' school, and is understandably hit and miss. The misses are worthy of a thousand cringes and the hits are glorious!

    Would recommend, but only after at least 2 beers.

  • Troy

    Troy

    ★★★½

    Ok, not sure how Helen of Troy launched a thousand ships when Hector, Paris, and Achilles are all hotter than her - and I say this as a straight man.

    Plenty of things from here kind of come across as meme-worthy now, but when I watched it in the theaters it was a really intense and oddly sincere experience. Mostly popcorn fluff and occasionally rises above that level, I'd definitely give it another watch.

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  • Marriage Story

    Marriage Story

    ★★★★½

    The people behind this dared to ask the question "What if The Break-up was good?"

  • Battle Royale

    Battle Royale

    ★½

    This movie has a lot going for it, but it has what was ultimately a dealbreaker for me.

    The premise of this movie: the government decides to tackle the nationwide problem of rebellious teens by randomly-selecting a single class of students to participate in a battle to the death once a year. Killing your own people is a stupid thing for any government to do, but maybe they think it'll make a useful deterrent to would-be delinquents. Except no, one…

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