metalrat

metalrat

Favorite films

  • I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Byzantium
  • Empire Records

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • The Greatest Hits

    ★★★½

  • Phenomena

    ★★★★

  • The Secret of Moonacre

    ★★★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Wish they’d print more Bong Joon Ho’s so that he can keep making movies about capitalism and the persistence of humanity

  • The Greatest Hits

    The Greatest Hits

    ★★★½

    Headphones and grief she’s so me

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  • Sleeping Beauty

    Sleeping Beauty

    ★★★★

    People talk about this film the way they talk to/about young women, simultaneously patronizing and criticizing- Brownings nudity is exploitative, but not sexy enough; the film is too boring, but also too disturbing; Browning is a childlike victim, but also it’s her fault for choosing “bad projects”; the concept is stupid, the concept is unclear.  In the end, the criticisms all cancel each other out and reveal the limitations of the critic.

    Ironically, this came out the same year as…

  • I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

    I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

    ★★★★★

    This is my favorite movie, i watch it once a year and it both soothes and unnerves me. It’s like the center of my horror identity and it constantly blows my mind that I’m in the minority of people who like it.  It’s the purest form of a ghost story and an excellent use of subtlety to unnerve an audience.  This is my Joker.

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