jaden1688

jaden1688

You merely adopted the hate - I was born in it

Favorite films

  • Interstellar
  • Dìdi (弟弟)
  • GoodFellas

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  • Godzilla vs. Kong

    ★★½

  • Magazine Dreams

    ★★★★½

  • Death of a Unicorn

    ★½

  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

    ★★★½

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  • Godzilla vs. Kong

    Godzilla vs. Kong

    ★★½

    If I wanted to see that much of Bon Jovi's Daughter In Law, I would've just forced myself to watch Stranger Things.

  • Magazine Dreams

    Magazine Dreams

    ★★★★½

    Watched opening night and again the same weekend.

    One of the greatest performances I've seen in recent years.

    Killian Maddox (what a badass name) is our conflicted protagonist, suffering from societal pressures and personal demons that people deal with in their everyday life and we get to see how it uniquely affects him and those around him.

    The film takes toxic masculinity, insecurity, idolization, body dysmorphia, depression, mental illness, and casts it all onto a flawed Jonathan Majors for a…

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  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

    Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

    ★★★½

    Wait a second… this isn't Mission: Impossible

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★½

    Mickey 17: Wasted Potential and Too Much Money

    Opening night showing of Mickey 17 - safe to say I was excited to see it as I’ve been with all other Bong Joon Ho films. 

    Unfortunately, this one just didn’t hit it home. 

    Let’s get the most obvious part out of the way first - Ho’s disdain and discontents for Capitalism. Now just to be clear, exploring and understanding the shortcomings of capitalism and how we’re oblivious to its effects on…