jgarron

jgarron

Favorite films

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Cool Hand Luke
  • The Deer Hunter
  • The Apartment

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  • Chariots of Fire

    ★★★½

  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

    ★★★

  • Singin' in the Rain

    ★★★★

  • Silence

    ★★★★

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  • The Accountant

    The Accountant

    ★★★

    This movie seemed to have too many extra threads that really went nowhere and didn't really impact the story at all. The whole J.K Simmons/ treasury department trying to find Affleck seemed completely pointless. Nothing comes of it except for some extra backstory on Affleck which again wasn't that necessary. They focused on explaining his past and what happened at this one club where he killed some guys but that event had nothing to do with what was happening in…

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

    ★★★½

    I'm not trying to be contrarian here but I don't really see why this film is being lauded as much as it is. Perhaps I'm just looking at it from a different point of view than I should but I honestly felt that as a film it wasn't what many are calling a masterpiece. The main issue I had with the film is whats the point? What is the story it is trying to tell? What message is it trying…

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  • Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi

    ★★★★½

    While watching this there were two things going through my head. The first was a quote said by Paul Newman in The Hustler, "You know, like anything can be great, anything can be great. I don't care, BRICKLAYING can be great, if a guy knows. If he knows what he's doing and why and if he can make it come off." This applies perfectly to this film. I had put this film off for a while based on the fact…

  • The Lord of the Rings

    The Lord of the Rings

    ★★★★★

    Never start an extended trilogy marathon at 5.pm, just finished at 3:50 a.m.

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