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  The Whale 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Feb 2023

  A genuine optimism shone through this film which I simply wasn’t expecting to be there

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  Guns Akimbo 2019

  ½ Watched 16 Jan 2023

  Challenge: give this to decent editors and see what they do with it.

  Other challenge: stop the film being made in the first place.

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  Midsommar 2019

  ★½ Rewatched 05 Jul 2019

  This film felt like a gorgeous piñata which once cracked open contained absolutely nothing. I felt let down by the inability to develop character, plot, emotion etc and left feeling nothing but a kind of sadness at what could have been but wasn’t. Maybe for some this proved a useful and insightful take into x, y or z but more me this came off as a first draft script with unfinished characters, emotion and plot. 

  Hereditary was a disappointment for me but at least the first 2/3 were exceptional. This film had nothing for me that actually impressed.

  3.5/10

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  Elvis 2022

  ½ Watched 24 Jun 2022 1

  Really hated this surface level look into Elvis’ life which seemed more interested in Tom Hanks (awful awful awful) - one or two okay scenes - I don’t really understand why I’d watch this over Walk Hard - 🤮

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