jb_schaffrick

jb_schaffrick

Can’t-be-bothered-to-be-aspiring artist. Writer of unproduced screenplays and writer/illustrator of unpublished comics.

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  • The Deer Hunter

    ★★★★½

  • Zodiac

    ★★★★★

  • Get Shorty

    ★★★½

  • Blackhat

    ★★★★

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  • Zodiac

    Zodiac

    ★★★★★

    One of the great American movies of the 21st century

  • Get Shorty

    Get Shorty

    ★★★½

    You’ve got two adaptations of Elmore Leonard books, both adapted by Scott Frank, both made in the mid-to-late nineties. The director makes all the difference.

    (I’m not counting Jackie Brown, even though it rules, because Scott Frank didn’t write it)

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  • Inland Empire

    Inland Empire

    ★★★★

    Art bleeds into life bleeds into art bleeds into

  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★

    Made the catastrophic error of revealing a terrible thing the main character did, WAY TOO early into the movie, such that I lost all interest in her and was actively rooting for bad things to happen to her. Most of it felt like paint-by-numbers Alien IP management, but got nice and gonzo towards the end. It’s fine.