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Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
  • American Psycho
  • Groundhog Day

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  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    ★★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★★½

  • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

    ★★★★

  • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

    ★★★★

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  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

    ★★★½

    Aardman has still got it, Wallace and Gromit are as fun as ever. There are a bunch of callbacks and references to the previous films, but Vengeance Most Fowl also has plenty of new gags and wacky hijinks. I don't think they'll ever top the chase scene from The Wrong Trousers though.

  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★½

    This is really just two hours of old men standing or sitting around and talking, but it does make for some great political intrigue. The script wastes no time with stuff you can anticipate or infer, instead focusing on the unexpected and shocking. And there are a lot of twists and turns to the story, it ends up going in a direction I didn't expect at all. I appreciated that the story had actual coherent themes and messages without being too preachy (despite literally being about priests), which is rare.

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  • Strawinsky and the Mysterious House

    Strawinsky and the Mysterious House

    ½

    "Special thanks to: Jesus Christ"

    The moral of this story is that if you read forbidden books you'll literally turn into a massive blob of fat.

    Also this:
    youtu.be/_ieCjpmliSg

    And this:
    youtu.be/v78hIqHLD2w

  • DARLING in the FRANXX

    DARLING in the FRANXX

    ★★

    This is the first show I've seen that follows the Gainax formula but isn't actually good. It has all the elements it needs to succeed: teenage friendship drama, cool mechas, shadowy conspiracy, exotic enemies, decent animation, ending that goes off the rails, etc., but it focuses on all the wrong stuff. The characters are fun, and they have interesting relationships, but they resolve all their personal problems long before the actual climax. The mechas and monsters are traditionally 2D animated…