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  • Parasite
  • Get Out
  • Django Unchained
  • Inglourious Basterds

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  • Platoon

    ★★★½

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    ★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Accountant

    ★★★

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  • Platoon

    Platoon

    ★★★½

    We been kicking other people’s asses for so long, I figured it’s time we got ours kicked. 

    I love sitting down and watching a good war movie, but I have barely scratched the surface when it comes to what the culture deems as important war films. When it comes to Vietnam war films, it is hard to watch them nowadays and truly understand how hard these must have been to watch in the post-Vietnam war era. Platoon is nothing special when…

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    ★★

    I have to go pee due to boredom. 

    There are very films left I have to see that are this popular on Letterboxd, and unfortunately I knew that I probably would not enjoy this one very much. I get the hype to some extent. I understand that the editing is cool, and it is like a comic book coming to life, but the story is weird. Michael Cera is very uncomfortable on screen, which works for some films like Superbad,…

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  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    ★★★★½

    Someday I’m gonna make great machines that fly. And me and my friends are gonna go flying together, into the forever and beautiful sky. 

    This is the end of an era for me, as the Guardians of the Galaxy have been my favorite Marvel movies since they first released. These actors work so well together, and I just love the chemistry that they have. This was a very sad watch, probably the most emotional you will get watching the MCU, but…

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★★★½

    Mr. President, do you regret the use of air strikes against American citizens?

    I hadn’t heard much about this movie until this weekend, and was shocked to see how well it was doing after hearing the plot of the film. I was expecting to go into this film hating it when I saw the cast for this film. After seeing Nick Offerman and Kirsten Dunst on the cast list, who are pretty outspoken about affiliating with left-wing politics, I was…

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