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Mickey 17 2025
I have such mixed feelings about this movie. The first third of movie is absolute brilliance, easily some of the most emotionally intense and moving sequences that I've seen. But (commenting only on the cinematic craftsmanship) in the middle parts, it felt like the movie was drastically re-written on the fly and was simply not refined to the same extent as the beginning. Compared to how tight the initial scenes were, the middle almost looks ugly and, perhaps, even a…
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Like Stars on Earth 2007
It was my last night on the university campus before I left for home in the COVID lockdown. My girlfriend had sneaked into my dorm. We knew things would be rough for some indeterminate period of time in the future now. But my emotionally congested, first-year cool-boy silly-guards remained up and tight as ever. We played this movie that night in the background and I weeped the whole night.
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Oppenheimer 2023
Many, many direction decisions done right. I take off one star because whoever wrote the script had NO IDEA how physicists talk to each other. We don't go around making trivially known claims with poetic twists and make a smug face around our colleagues as if we uttered something profound. Ridiculously cringey dialogue writing in the first 35 or so minutes.
That aside, what a visual and auditory delight. So many moments which brought me to tears, filled me with…
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The Summit of the Gods 2021
This is an absolute masterpiece in animation, story telling and biography alike. Some moments like the climb with Buntaro, the storms at Everest southwest face, skies at the base camp, etc were jaw-dropping. I would often rewind and pause to simply stare and admire the shot composition and colors. Truly a wonderful experience that makes an earnest attempt to answer the perennial 'why do this' question (while making me want to switch out my next beach vacation with a mountain vacation)
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