Aidan

Aidan

Favorite films

  • Spider-Man 2
  • Stalker
  • Barry Lyndon
  • After Hours

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  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    ★★★★

  • Princess Mononoke

    ★★★★★

  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    ★★★½

  • There Will Be Blood

    ★★★★½

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  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    ★★★★

    How has CGI not improved upon this in the 20 years since it was released? Kind of incredible.

    These sequels got way too much hate at the time they came out. They’re great! They need to go back to making action blockbuster franchises more like this. So much better than what we have now.

    8/10

  • Princess Mononoke

    Princess Mononoke

    ★★★★★

    “To see with eyes unclouded by hate.”

    “Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.”

    Absolutely beautiful. Must watch. Catch it back in theatres if you can.

    10/10

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Was looking forward to this for a long time after like 100 delays. Right on the cusp between a 3.5 star and a 4 star, will have to watch it again to confirm. Went to bed last night thinking 3.5, woke up feeling more like a 4. Either way, I liked this a lot and Bong Joon-ho has yet to miss for me (Memories of Murder 🐐).

    This one is fun and totally over the top. The satire is completely…

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Generally not a fan of biopics (particularly music biopics) because I usually find the formula pretty lazy and trite. I will admit that, being a huge fan of Bob Dylan, I was probably predisposed to liking this one anyway — but, although this doesn’t avoid every single annoying biopic cliche, it mostly does avoid them, and in the end I really connected with this movie.

    The performances are great. I’ve come around to being a big Chalamet fan but wasn’t…