Lachlan Meadows

Lachlan Meadows Pro

Part-time film watcher, full-time contrarian

Favorite films

  • Alita: Battle Angel
  • Inside Out
  • Belle
  • Memento Mori

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  • Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

    ★★★★

  • Presence

    ★★★

  • WarGames

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

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  • High Strung

    High Strung

    ★★★★½

    "I didn't ask to be born"

    Forget the Joker, forget Tyler Durden, forget Edward Cullen, forget Patrick Bateman: Thane Furrows is LITERALLY ME

    Possibly the purest form of catharsis I've ever had from a movie, I haven't felt this much at peace in a while. The premise is perfect, the bits are perfect, the ending is perfect. Small budget so it's a little rough around the corners but I think that only adds to the charm, this honestly works better being a little unpolished. You can really only get away with making a movie like this once but man it's such just a great concept

  • Eraserhead

    Eraserhead

    ★★

    Complete hogwash (sorry Julian)

    There are fleeting moments where it evoked some interest in me, but I can 100% confirm after watching this that I am not a David Lynch guy. You don't get a free pass to put random shit in your movie that serves no purpose and noone can explain just because you're David Lynch, I don't care

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  • Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

    Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

    ★★★★

    Fundamentally disproves the notion that you can't punch down in comedy. About a 50/50 hit rate with the gags but goddamn the hits still really fucking hit. Out of the Adam Sandler gang Kevin James has always stood out to me as the one that actually has a better understanding of comedy than the rest of them.

    I don't think we will ever see a Mall Cop 3 but by god I will go to my grave wishing that there was

  • Presence

    Presence

    ★★★

    Verrrrry simple, probably too simple, but by god I have to commend Steven Soderbergh for being a director that actually experiments and isn't afraid to try doing something like this

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    It's fine, didn't really like the last third. Exploring the premise of multiples was the best part. Very on the nose with its message but that won't stop people from buying a beef burger after watching this without giving it a second thought

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★

    Yeah this was awesome, Elphaba a baddie fr

    If I had to nitpick I'd say Elphaba is slightly too infallible of a character, and one other thing that was so minor I've already forgotten it by the time I've walked out of the theater

    Theatre kids are insufferable but I also hate "I don't like musicals" mfs, literally one of the oldest forms of storytelling

    I'm glad that there was so much more going on in this story than from…