Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This is one of those movies that is NOT meant to be “critically acclaimed”. So when I see a lower rating, I kind of get it but also, I can’t deny that this movie was so much fun. I can’t in good faith put it above a 4 on here when films like Interstellar and Good Will Hunting exist lol but this movie did a LOT right, so let’s break it down.
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Bong Joon Ho had his work cut out for him with this film. Most people who saw the trailer and were NOT film nerds probably said “oh, that’s the guy that did Parasite.” Well lemme say this: this movie ain’t Parasite.
Ho (can I call him that?) clearly likes to comment on social hierarchy and classism with his films and you certainly feel it here! There’s some underlying commentary about depression that I caught, as well as dialogue in the…
I really enjoyed this! It’s a love story based in reality, with plenty of humor and MANY moments that make you go “aww 🥺”. Joseph Gordon Levitt is super rootable as the main character and while Zoe Dechanelle isn’t necessarily “rootable”, I do think she perfectly portrays the realistic truth that you can share loving moments with someone and still not quite see them as your forever person.
The movie was bittersweet at times but inevitably wrapped everything up in…
This one deserves a rewatch because to be honest, I’m not sure I was fully able to understand what was going on lol
Time travel is such a difficult mechanism for storytelling which I’m sure plays a huge part in why this was so hard for me to follow but a big gripe I have is when the science isn’t fully explained. I think I got a grasp on it by the end, but i’ll probably need a youtube video to…