mad_swifty

mad_swifty

Favorite films

  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Spirited Away
  • Se7en
  • The Haunting of Hill House

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  • Anora

    ★★★★★

  • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry

    ★★★★★

  • Emilia Pérez

    ★½

  • Spirited Away

    ★★★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★★

    Second watch. Finding out now I somehow forgot to publish my first review how lovely. Rip to all my analysis.  

    Sean is a genius, that Oscar sweep was well deserved (though any horror representation I will always ride hard for). The comedic beats work so well that the ending makes you question if you should have even been laughing to begin with. So beautifully done and a masterclass in characterization and dialogue. Highly recommend watching alongside the script. 

    Also love that Mikey had hair tinsel I definitely need to bring mine back this spring. What a boss

  • Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry

    Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry

    ★★★★★

    A Classic in the flesh RAHHHHHH

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  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    ★★★½

    As one does on a flight to Greece, I popped an edible and watched Hobbits 1-3 on the plane. My notes are as follows:

    1. The ice platform that the king just walked over is the same one as the one in shark boy and lava girl
    2. The context montage in the beginning with all the green and the king reminds me of the Earth king from Avatar The Last Airbender 
    3. These dwarf mfs r dangerously close to…

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★★

    The doppelgänger motif always goes so hard. This take in particular commentates so truthfully on what we’re seeing today: the seemingly endless search to prolong the process of aging no matter the cost. Because what’s more frightening than that in today’s society? Is it death’s alternative? Clearly not, and it’s certainly not monsters or ghosts anymore either…

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