lithelightning

lithelightning

lowkey corny to use this as anything more than a log

Favorite films

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Atonement
  • Irreversible
  • Memento

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  • Prisoners

    ★★½

  • Memento

    ★★★★½

  • City of Life and Death

    ★★★

  • Donnie Darko

    ★★★★

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  • Prisoners

    Prisoners

    ★★½

    the “ambiguous” ending serves no purpose, the theme insists upon itself, the movie literally announces its entire plot within the first hour. wouldve been way better if they just killed off dover, and then it wouldve been a passable sad movie.

  • Memento

    Memento

    ★★★★½

    absolute cinema, memento walked so shutter island could run.

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  • Ran

    Ran

    ★★★★½

    half of the reviews of this movie are about king lear actually, which is a 5 in itself. kurosawa used king lear as a template, and completely changed its meaning while changing almost nothing about the piece. while king lear lectures you about the futility of ambition and purpose, ran teaches you about the unfairness of chaos and the fragility of good

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