julesblez

julesblez

Favorite films

  • Mulholland Drive
  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • The Killer
  • The Celebration

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  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★

  • Crossing Delancey

    ★★★★

  • Shepherds

    ★★★

  • Firestorm

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  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie

    ★★★

    Pretty good! Teetering on a 3.5 here.

    The animation is smooth as butterrrr, and lots of jokes land! Even looking at the concept art gracing the end credits sequence was a delight.

    That said, movie kiiiinda sagged in the middle portion, felt like it was shifting gears a bit tonally and it didn’t quite gel. Mostly gets its groove again at the climax, but I’d definitely say it’s opening 30-or-so minutes are its strongest.

    The actual direction / animation cinematography…

  • Crossing Delancey

    Crossing Delancey

    ★★★★

    Yeah Bubbi supremacy

    Sweet simple film, I liked this a lot!

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  • Hot Dog Hands

    Hot Dog Hands

    ★★★★

    Most accurate depiction of using webmd I’ve seen committed to cinema

  • Adventure Time: Distant Lands

    Adventure Time: Distant Lands

    ★★

    Took nigh on a decade to tackle this subject matter, and it ultimately got saddled with a plot that feels even more juvenile than the version of the series designed for a children’s network.

    The series has always had a penchant for not taking itself TOO seriously, but this had a reverse issue where it was kind of too self-serious and ultimately that was unearned within the trite and all-too literal “everyone is imperfect” finale. Ouash, the show has proven…