Jacobtard

Jacobtard

Favorite films

  • Taxi Driver
  • Rocky
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Shining

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  • The Dark Knight

    ★★★★★

  • Taxi Driver

    ★★★★★

  • The Master of Disguise

    ★★★

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  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    ★★★★★

    This is thankfully one movie that's just as great as i remember it. Heath Ledger gives a career standout performance as the Joker, becoming an iconic representation of an already iconic character. Even today, this movie is still inspiring similar comic book movies to follow in its path, but none could ever compare. This movie combines great writing, incredible practical effects, great performances from everyone involved, and a dark, fast-paced plot that just continually raises the stakes as the story goes along. Perfect; as much as I like Marvel, none of those movies ever came anything close to this.

  • Taxi Driver

    Taxi Driver

    ★★★★★

    I could honestly write a thesis on how much I love this movie. Robert De Niro plays this characters perfectly, from the glassy haven’t-slept-in-days look in his eyes, to the subtle sadness in the way he speaks, every bizarre, socially inept mannerism he employs does nothing but enrich the character. Taxi Driver is a beautifully depressing commentary on loneliness and urban decay, and has only become more prescient as time goes on. I could literally go on forever, so I’ll…

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  • The Master of Disguise

    The Master of Disguise

    ★★★

    This film is terrible. It’s also a staple of my childhood that still makes me laugh no matter how hard I try to avert my eyes in shame. Some of this stuff just makes me laugh though… like the entire “Jaws” sequence or the bizarre British man making mouth noises. Also, pistachio is a huge sex creep, which I definitely didn’t pick up on as a 12-year old. God, why did I watch this with my mom…

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