Jake_07

Jake_07

I like films | four favourites change frequently

Favorite films

  • Singin' in the Rain
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • La La Land

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  • The Batman

    ★★★★½

  • Singin' in the Rain

    ★★★★★

  • Absolutely Anything

    ★★½

  • Raging Bull

    ★★★★

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  • Singin' in the Rain

    Singin' in the Rain

    ★★★★★

    The greatest film of all time and for me it’s not even close.

  • Raging Bull

    Raging Bull

    ★★★★

    A masterful complex of self-inadequacy, insecurity and the bipolar depiction of chasing ultimate success while battling the personal world of self-loathing and the crumbling of everything around you. 

    Formidable performances from all involved but the production is just otherworldly. The editing is by all accounts, perfect. The cinematography is mind-blowing with constant awe inspiring sequences matched with an incredible score.

    I’m not one of Scorsese’s biggest fans, but this is definitely one of my favourite films from him that I’ve seen.

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  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★★★

    Despite some mixed reviews early doors, I really enjoyed Gladiator II. A standout within Ridley Scott’s late career of much mediocrity, this visual spectacle is aided with the great Denzel Washington doing what he does best, being a GOAT, among the rest of a great ensemble cast of Pedro Pascal, Paul Mescal and even Matt Lucas! 

    This isn’t perfect, though. Paul Mescal as the lead didn’t perform anywhere near as captivating or commanding as his predecessor Russel Crowe, nor did…

  • Hereditary

    Hereditary

    ★★★★½

    This was a gut-wrenching, sweat inducing and painfully scary film that had me on the edge of my seat the entire runtime. 

    Hereditary is a perfect horror film by all accounts and masterfully mixes religion/spirituality and classic supernatural cliche’s and somehow makes those cliche’s feel original and very natural. The sense of realism was definitely aided by knowing that it’s based on a true story and majorly added to the overall sense of impending doom throughout, knowing that someone has…

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