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  • Nosferatu

    ★★★½

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    ★★

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★½

    Likes:

    • The camera work, lighting, and sound design working together to convey a confident vision

    • Thoughtful editing maintains an engaging pace while building atmosphere and suspense

    Yikes:

    • The casting... While the supporting cast is exceptional, the main characters just did not work for me. Nicolas Hoult was fine, but Lilly Rose Depp... Just why? Ultimately, this feels like the films major undoing.
    A great performer can save poor writing, but great writing can't save a poor performance

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    ★★

    Disclaimer
    The Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series is prerequisite viewing. This film is an intense watch even if you come to it prepared. Don't go in cold, I beg you.

    Likes:

    • Incredible, disgusting, and bizzare art direction pushes the boundaries without being crude or unnecessarily cruel to the audience or the characters

    • Even if imperfect, the attempts to grapple with questions of the psychological and philosophical are thought provoking and take on a quality of timelessness.

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