joseph

joseph

cinematically illiterate but trying my best

Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Lighthouse

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  • At Eternity's Gate

    ★★★★½

  • Ghosted

  • Once Upon a Time in China

    ★★½

  • Blow Out

    ★★★

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  • At Eternity's Gate

    At Eternity's Gate

    ★★★★½

    existence can't be without reason

    this film is simply gorgeous. a striking mosaic of color, an ode to the beauty of a brother's bond, the bottomless tragedy of the leading individual of the 'tortured artist' trope.

    the visuals in this are simply stunning (i was so ill at the time i watched this that i literally needed to google 'bro did they simulate ocular degeneration or color blindness/blurring in this movie or am i losing my mind' - it was…

  • Ghosted

    Ghosted

    this movie asks the question “if we put a bunch of the most attractive actors alive in a movie with a chat gpt script, will it be good?” and the answer is a resounding “no.” 

    shout out to the Chinese dude in front of me on my flight to Qingdao for streaming a weird rip of this off his phone (sound on, no headphones) with English subtitles I guess?

    only reason this isn’t a half star is because Ana is Ana, so maybe I am a part of the problem but thank U xo

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  • The Road to El Dorado

    The Road to El Dorado

    ★★

    "yeah alex i'll take 'childhood sexual awakenings' for 500"

    (dreamworks had no business designing chel like that, hello?)

    this might be the gayest movie i've ever seen; also somehow hornier than shrek??

    (couch-bound fever dream movie 2/n)

  • The Inbetweeners Movie

    The Inbetweeners Movie

    ★★

    it's gotta be called the inbetweeners because my head was inbetween my hands for approximately 45% of the movie holy shit the amount i winced every time jay even thought about opening his mouth

    had me chained to the couch watching this with my eyes pried open with the ludovico apparatus from a clockwork orange (i cannot lose another bet to luke)

    feeling like i'm slowly understanding why the english are the americans of europe

    (does one wince because it…

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