Joel Nicell

Joel Nicell

Favorite films

  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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  • Dune

    ★★★★

  • The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

  • Shōgun

    ★★★★★

  • Oppenheimer

    ★★★★

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  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★

    The exact sci Fi aesthetic I love. 

    I really don’t mind that it was just a slow pace exploration of ‘setup’ happening, quite happy to just exist with the characters and find out what’s going on.

    Should probably watch the one where stuff actually happens next

  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★½

    Really remarkably good. You’re so quickly made comfortable in this well shot, well paced, well directed world, and then follow along this quaint story of unlikely people. The charm and good vibes and good nature of the characters is in fact added to by each characters individual circumstance - that these people can come together is such a beautiful thing to watch. 

    Don’t normally watch this sort of thing but would watch again. 

    Definitely a Christmas film

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★

    Managed to catch it on a one off viewing for Oscars months after initial release!
    Oppenheimer takes biopic storytelling to another level. I’m amazed that tensions and pacing can rise and drop just by Nolan’s direction, letting you fill in gaps, explore and unpack his reasonable attempts to do what he thinks is right and the tensions building around him makes for really interesting focus of the film

    Beginning was a little slow, I suppose it sets your expectations for…

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★★

    Very good end to the trilogy. A bit slow and indulgent at the end, but characters are still the best they’ve been across the MCU. Nebula is #1

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