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Road House 2024
Best movie of all time. Just kidding. It only gets like 3.5 stars because I love the OG and seeing people pummel each other.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023
James Gunn is consistent in one thing. There is a diminishing return on his work. The more I see of him, the less of a fan I am. His character development is weak and propped up by melodrama and supported by cheap moves. I wanted to at least like Rocket’s arc, but all the pathos comes from musical cues and sad animal scenes. Screenwriting tricks straight out of a lifetime movie. The same can be said for the rest of…
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Eighth Grade 2018
It’s been a while since I’ve been as bored and disappointed in a film. If capturing the awkwardness of middle school was the only focus here, then Burnham succeeded. Because it doesn’t do much more. Paper thin, underdeveloped characters with heavy handed exposition (delivered to the audience via her YouTube videos) serving to push the film from identical scene with overly wrough music to identical scene with overly wrought music. Once you make it to the 20-30 minute mark, you…
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