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Recent reviews

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  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 03 Jan 2025

  I had planned on writing a forty-page paper about why this is the absolutely pinnacle of film, but that won’t do it justice. All I can do is cry in the beauty and terror of it all. 

  Gandalf: “I will not say "Do not weep", for not all tears are evil.”
  
  Pippin: “I didn't think it would end this way.”
  
  Gandalf: “End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The…

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  The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 02 Jan 2025

  I believe if all cinema attempted to reach half of the heart in these movies, the world would be all the better for it. 
  Never has a sequel stood so solidified on its own, so moving, heart wrenching and edifying. 
  Just sheer perfection. 

  “But in the end, it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer. I know now folks in those stories…

Popular reviews

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Dec 2024 3

  Incredible atmosphere and so much talent, timothy is an absolute legend now wow.

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Mar 2024 4

  This is what cinema is meant to be. This is a truly epic series. Deserves 10/5 stars.

  What I love most about this film is the sheer scale of every aspect of the story. The scale of the characters, the plot, landscape, soundscape, music, and architecture. It is all just jaw-droppingly impressive. Having read the books, it seemed impossible to put such scope and vision to film, but Denis Villeneuve made it happen by sheer will.

  * The Plot and…