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  Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus 2023

  ★★★ Watched 21 Sep 2024

  All the stars are for Ryuichi Sakamoto and his music (and they’d deserve 5/5). I much preferred just keeping my eyes closed and listening to him than keeping them open and also watching, which is a shame because this could’ve been an excellent watch too. A single static shot of him playing would’ve been better than shots we got.

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  Skyfall 2012

  ★★★★ Rewatched 29 Jul 2024

  God bless Roger Deakins, Daniel Craig and Judi Dench. If only the dialogue didn’t bother me most of the time.

Popular reviews

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  Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 20 Dec 2023 2

  Not the rewatch experience I expected. The movie flew by a second time around yet this time I also found myself uninterested in too many scenes — especially those involving Ernest and others (De Niro and Gladstone can only save so much). I gained almost no new insights or anything, which is probably my fault, but it did make appreciate KOTFM less on this viewing. It’s still a thoroughly well-made movie with some brilliant moments (everything to do with the…

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  Fast X 2023

  ★★★ Watched 23 May 2023

  A movie that cost this much has no business looking THIS bad. I don’t expect perfection, but the awful green screen editing, cgi and lighting took me out of this movie in almost EVERY SCENE. This could be the only movie that has the potential to look better on a laptop than a big screen. I still love this series though.

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