Max Christensen

Max Christensen

How do y'all watch so many movies

Favorite films

  • Before Sunrise
  • Spirited Away
  • Memories of Murder
  • Drive My Car

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  • Wicked

    ★★★

  • My Life as a Zucchini

    ★★★★

  • Happiness

    ★½

  • Bram Stoker's Dracula

    ★★★½

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  • Happiness

    Happiness

    ★½

    There's a period in nearly every person's life when they lose their faith in humanity, see life as animals fighting to survive, and yearn to shock people into sharing their disappointment. This is adolescence. What happiness achieved is thoroughly exploring an adolescent view of the human condition through excellent acting and often remarkable direction, but nothing more. This is a movie that makes its point and reiterates it louder and louder like a drunken uncle at Thanksgiving.

    I wish the…

  • The Wild Robot

    The Wild Robot

    ★★★

    It's very pretty!

    There are some really sweet and genuinely funny moments (especially for the film's darker jokes). Unfortunately the movie has a lot to say and too many words for its most obvious messages. Some characters speak only in cutesy aphorisms, "the heart is the stronger than metal" or "when you follow your heart you can never be lost."

    I really like when the film touches on growing from trauma. There's a lot more it could've done with that…

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  • Dreams

    Dreams

    It's rare for me to rate a film so low, so let me explain: I think Dreams is bad on every level.

    Dreams is a boring film that is overly preachy without enough substance to carry the viewer through two hours of environmental monologuing. Some stories drag on for too long while others are cut short before they can capitalize on an interesting premise. It is an "art" film, but I cannot justify its artistic ambitions with how blatantly didactic…

  • Good Time

    Good Time

    ★★★★

    I love films that unfold unpredictably. This one twists and curls into itself, tightening its grip and suffocating its characters in the filth and cruelty they revel in. The soundtrack and lighting were bold, in a way that I felt made it easier to join in the ride.

    Props to wardrobe for finding new ways to make Pattinson look scummy every 20 minutes