Jack McDowell

Jack McDowell

Favorite films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Once Upon a Time in the West
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Cool Hand Luke

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  • Lord of the Flies

    ★★★½

  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

  • Rope

    ★★★★

  • Days of Heaven

    ★★★★

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  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    ★★★½

    I watched Lord of the Flies knowing nothing of what it was about, so those who know the story probably can guess what my reaction was towards the end, lol. This movie tells a story in a way that reminds me a lot of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, using an unlikely scenario of a bunch of British children stranded on an island to expose the dark side of human nature. You quickly and clearly see the innocent children turn into savages,…

  • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

    Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

    Watching Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut was definitely a very interesting experience for me. As someone who has watched and loved the Christopher Reeve Superman trilogy all my life, I feel like I know all of the movies by heart, so it was strange seeing Superman II with the same story but totally different scenes. I have to say, I never really loved Superman II as much as I did the other films in the franchise. Watching it used to…

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  • Rope

    Rope

    ★★★★

    I couldn’t focus on the cinematography with all this gay going on. Didn’t know that was the case for literally every other person that reviewed this movie.

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    ★★★★★

    I want to put this out there to all y’all haters, there is no plot hole in this movie. A lot of people say “If Indiana Jones wasn’t there, the Nazis wouldn’t have found the Ark.” or “If you die when you open the Ark, and Indiana knew this, why didn’t he just let them have it so they could open it and die?” Well I have three points for those bozos.

    1. Not only was Indiana Jones supposed to keep the…

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