notawillow

notawillow

My opinions are drastically skewed and I have no objectivity

Favorite films

  • Us
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Poor Things
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • The Monkey

    ★★½

  • The Gorge

  • Before I Fall

    ★★★½

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★

    What a refreshingly beautiful and thought provoking film. Watching David and Benji’s dynamic during their journey together left me both feeling wonderful and at times uncomfortably seen. I’m also a huge fan of Jesse Eisenberg so it was awesome seeing a work with him as the writer-derictor-star all at once. Definitely need a second watch soon!

  • The Monkey

    The Monkey

    ★★½

    I’d equate watching this to the feeling I got when I was little and my older brother dramatically threw his fist around his shoulder as if to punch me stopping at the last second. I saw it coming from a mile away, I didn’t flinch or jump, and I walked away somehow both mildly annoyed and apathetic.

    Note Ivwa if you read this I’m sorry I didn’t like it 😔

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  • The Gorge

    The Gorge

    A preface before this review: Both Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller I believe have incredible range as performers and have been a part of incredible projects that I believe deserve the highest of praise. My issue with this film has nothing to do with performance. 

    This film is a perfect representation that studios are relying heavily on nostalgia, spectacle, and safe story archetypes rather than strong development and derivation. As someone who has grown up in a world that has…

  • Grave of the Fireflies

    Grave of the Fireflies

    ★★★★★

    Needed to cry really desperately this did the trick!