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  Mad Max 1979

  ★★★★ Rewatched 25 Feb 2025

  The people have forgotten heroes.

  Mad Max portrays a post apocalyptic world undergoing change. It's not the world you picture when you think of Mad Max, and probably not the world you'd picture at all when post-apocalypse springs to mind. Unless you are a fan of manga in the vein of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Girls' Last Tour and the like. With the world gone the people that remain seem to take it easy. All is quiet, there is no pressure.…

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  Blade Runner 2049 2017

  ★★½ Watched 24 Feb 2025

  On a technical level, its a good looking movie. The plot works. It has a solid core throughline.

  It's just... Sterile.

  Every bit of worldbuilding here is thanks to the prior film, and it doesn't do much to go beyond that. The world looks dull when compared to the pulpy, neon-littered city of the first. The purpose of that world was presenting a lived in, dense future of man. Whilst 2049's world looks impressive, it's a trick of the camera.…

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  The Matrix Resurrections 2021

  ½ Watched 16 Sep 2024 4

  You think this movie can't get any worse, but then they hit you with a new line of dialogue.

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★½ Rewatched 07 Jan 2025

  Conflict starts because a side has something to believe in. something they want to say.

  I’ve seen a lot of conflicting viewpoints on this film.
  “Humans are meant to be pushed to their limits”
  “Hard work should not be the focus of your life”
  “Fletcher is a genius!”
  “Fletcher is a dipshit!”
  “The ending was hopeful.”
  “The ending was tragic.”
  It goes on.

  I love films that try and let you confront something, if you spark discussion you *Have* to…