Parth Jain

Parth Jain

Favorite films

  • The Holy Mountain
  • Harakiri
  • Chinatown
  • Vertigo

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  • Zoolander 2

    ★½

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    ★★½

  • Scent of a Woman

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • Zoolander 2

    Zoolander 2

    ★½

    First one was stupid, entertaining and funny. This one was stupid, boring and unfunny. I mean, Derek Jr married Malala (yes it's true) and they called it Zoolala.

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    ★★½

    Captures the vastness of space but, unfortunately, has the depth of a shallow pond. Pretty average plot with ordinary performances.

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  • The Platform 2

    The Platform 2

    ★½

    If the first movie was about inequality due to lack of distributive justice, and the possibility of collective action against capitalist oppression, then this sequel is about capitalist greed which attempts to cash in on a successful first film.

    Seriously, it’s full of weird-ass characters, overly dramatic scenes, unnecessary violence, and a plot that’s ridiculously convoluted. And to top it all off, the editing is atrocious. None of the questions I had from the first part get answered here either.

  • Decalogue IV

    Decalogue IV

    ★★★★½

    "Honor thy father and thy mother"

    Oh my God, it was intense. For a commandment that simply commands to respect and obey your parents, that was a very difficult subject taken up by Kieślowski. As a student of Anthropology, this simply fascinated me in many ways.

    Kieślowski interprets this commandment in relation to a father-daughter relationship that are sexually attracted to each other. But we see during the drama class of daughter's that everything is a subtext. There has to…