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Favorite films

  • Hot Fuzz
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • The Wind Rises
  • The Dark Knight

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  • Blinded by the Light

    ★★

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

    ★★½

  • Children of Men

    ★★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

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  • Blinded by the Light

    Blinded by the Light

    ★★

    "Nobody in America cares where you're from"

    Okay this film is really earnest and sweet and cute. I also think that is badly written throughout. From the very first scene, everything sounds so clunky and on the nose that I just can't believe the sincerity of anything.

    The best friend is an asshole and that only really ends when our main character is even worse to him. The father is an asshole who is so restrictive to everyone in his…

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    ★★½

    Wow this is a weirdly structured opening

    Oh okay let's get a couple of early noughties trends that haven't aged well out the way

    Okay I can see the Hugh Grant appeal

    Oh Colin is being a real one there

    HOLY SHIT HUGH GRANT VS COLIN FIRTH IS PEAK CINEMA!!!!

    Okay back to it being fine

    Well that ending was bullshit but still kinda sweet

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    An incredibly creative concept that loses all steam once it actually needs to have a plot. The first thirty-forty minutes or so were absolutely brilliant, rich with intriguing worldbuilding and was actually pretty funny. However Bong Joon-ho just had two many ideas than he knew what to do with. It made the film feel long and I was almost begging for it to end by the time we got to the climax.


    The clone stuff was decent. It doesn't really…

  • The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski

    ★★★★★

    An absolute masterclass. Joins the small club of Hot Fuzz and Dr Strangelove as comedies that I would legitimately call masterpieces. The standout is of course the screenplay, everything is so tight and basically every joke lands perfectly. There are at least 6 characters who could easily carry their own movie and all get their chances to shine in this one. I think Donny is my favourite (nice to see Steve Buscemi playing a character as wholesome as he is…

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