Nathaniel Simon

Nathaniel Simon

Favorite films

  • Star Wars
  • Up
  • The Truman Show
  • Dead Poets Society

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  • House

    ★★★

  • Inglourious Basterds

    ★★★★★

  • 1776

    ★★★★½

  • 1776

    ★★★★½

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★

    A visual feast of epic proportions. Dune: Part Two has a tough job of adapting the latter half of a nearly 500 page book(900 page if you include the appendices). I feel Dune Part Two does this admirably well, even though they cut out several beats of the plot from the book. But as a result of this trimming the film's story doesn't feel overly long or over explanatory.

  • BLUE EYE SAMURAI

    BLUE EYE SAMURAI

    ★★★★★

    Take a shot for every screenshot from this show that could be a screensaver. The interplay between the music, action and artful animation leads to one of the best shows of 2023. Excited for Season 2, don't drop the ball.

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  • Chicken Little

    Chicken Little

    I was obsessed with this movie as a child, to the point that whenever I would go to my local hair salon to get my hair cut I would try to beat the first level of the video game. I then pestered my father 5 years later for my tenth birthday to BUY ME A COPY OFF OF EBAY FOR 10 dollars so I could beat it after the XBox controller broke at the salon. Long story short, like my…

  • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    ★★★

    I enjoyed this movie, very much a "watch with your game group" type of film. I could recognize plenty of references to the tabletop game through visual gags and the usage of spells. Nearly every spell and magical ability is represented accurately for those grognards in the audience who care for that sort of thing. But the film doesn't bog down the audience with terminology from the game, quite the opposite in fact. I can count on one hand how…