James Staniforth-Smith

James Staniforth-Smith

- wes anderson superfan
- i love coming-of-age movies

Favorite films

  • Interstellar
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Django Unchained
  • Dazed and Confused

Recent activity

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  • Paddington 2

    ★★★★★

  • Paddington

    ★★★★★

  • Gone Girl

    ★★★★½

  • The Godfather

    ★★★★

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  • The Godfather

    The Godfather

    ★★★★

    insists upon itself

  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    ★★★

    forgettable start, forgettable finish - 0/1
    spicoli, damone, and stacy are standout characters - 1/1
    production forgettable - 0/0.5
    purpose-made score fits and defines most scenes - 1/1
    tried-and-true, multiple-story structure of coming-of-age film - 0.5/1
    dialogue - 0.5/0.5
    "righteous bucks" - jeff spicoli when realising he could sell his body to science for an equivalent of 200 dollars
    "you're a wuss, part wimp and part pussy" - original use of wuss by mark damone

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  • Cowboy Bebop

    Cowboy Bebop

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Dazed and Confused

    Dazed and Confused

    ★★★★

    I was recommended this film when I used ChatGPT for the first time, and asked it to find me something like Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and I can definitely see some similarities. Neither film has any real plot, and both just show a day in the life of some incredibly enigmatic and charismatic characters. I wasn't in the 70s, but I feel like 70s atmosphere was really well done, with the outfits, cars, and personalities all having a very laid-back…