The Gers

The Gers

Favorite films

  • Europa Europa
  • The Saddest Music in the World
  • Breaking the Waves
  • The Green Knight

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  • Grand Theft Hamlet

  • Inherit the Wind

  • Crimson Tide

  • Sing Sing

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  • Grand Theft Hamlet

    Grand Theft Hamlet

    Delete the whole middle of it, then it’s good. Much like GTA 5 itself, there are several tangential storylines that the film goes down in between parts of the main story. Unlike GTA, they aren’t fun. The whole “breaking the fourth wall” thing where the filmmakers speak “candidly” about their lives often feels so forced. It would be much more powerful if there was less of that, and if it was subtler. I’m sure the novelty of this idea is enough…

  • Inherit the Wind

    Inherit the Wind

    How worthwhile. The stuff of life.

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  • Vengeance

    Vengeance

    ★★★★★

    Mf’s on Letterboxd when someone writes, directs and stars in a successful introspective social commentary movie: “NO! I WISH I COULD DO THAT!! 😡😡🤬🤬 0 stars.”

  • Bullet Train

    Bullet Train

    ★★½

    I miss when characters in movies didn’t feel like they were annoyed that they were in a movie. There’s a good movie in here if you cut a shit ton of expository montages and dialogue, cut out celeb cameos, and replace Joey king with a British actress. She’s good but her accent is not. This movie could have been an hour and a half and would have slapped. Some good fight scenes, shots of the train, endearing characters, a few…

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