Brenton Lee

Brenton Lee

Favorite films

  • The Thing
  • Jeremiah Johnson
  • Children of Men
  • Akira

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  • Waking Life

    ★★★★

  • High Fidelity

    ★★★★

  • The Doors

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

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  • The French Connection

    The French Connection

    ★★★

    I thought I would like this more but so much of it is repeated scenes, police in cars tailing and on foot. I get that Friedkin intends to show the grueling footwork and guessing games that go into a case, but it’s at the expense of story. There’s so much fat on this and the tedious realism he directs his focus on sacrifices deft moves he could’ve made with character; Friedkin crafts the criminals as unpracticed and unsure of what…

  • Pulse

    Pulse

    ★★

    I don’t understand why everyone likes this movie

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  • Animal Kingdom

    Animal Kingdom

    ★★★★

    Brutal and intelligent. Superb writing

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show

    ★★★★★

    So so important. An opera from the future, truly a vision

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