Matthew Lugibihl

Matthew Lugibihl

Favorite films

  • The Dark Knight
  • Jojo Rabbit
  • Whiplash

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  • Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

    ★★

  • Mission: Impossible III

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible II

    ★★½

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    ★★★½

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  • Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

    Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin

    ★★

    Biopics are hard. He did some cool stuff, but it doesn't really fit a nice arc. This movie is a good starting point for understanding some of the trials and conflicts within the church related to the Nazis. But ultimately the conflicts lack any nuance. The writing doesn't make the people or conflicts seem three dimensional, just very white hats and black hats, an oversimplified telling of history that doesn't feel real nor is it interesting.

    It has value as…

  • Mission: Impossible III

    Mission: Impossible III

    ★★★½

    This is the first movie of the series that feels modern. The action set pieces go up significantly. It has all the twists and turns you expect. The villain might be best yet. He is so unflappable and in control that he intimidates more than vague violent man #2. A welcome return to form after the second installment

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  • It

    It

    ★★★★

    Very engaging characters and good plot. I don't watch any horror movies so I'm a bad judge. Many of the jump scares didn't land and I wasn't really super afraid.  So it was just a good movie that had a few good jump scares.

  • The Cherokee Word for Water

    The Cherokee Word for Water

    ½

    I had to watch this for school, and it may be the worst movie I have ever seen. It seems like a bad student film. It seems as though they didn’t have a professional screenwriter.

    I have never seen a film edited or written so poorly. There are subplots that go to nowhere, and then there are subplots that literally last two minutes. I have no clue what the major conflict in the film is . We aren’t really introduced…

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