Roak

Roak

avi: MEK (twitter @IllustrationMek)

Favorite films

  • Children of Men
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • Good Will Hunting
  • Whiplash

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  • Angel Guts: Nami

    ★★

  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    ★★½

  • 9 Bullets

    ½

  • Love Hotel

    ★★★

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  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

    ★★½

    not quite sure i can say i think salo's good or that i liked it (and i sure as hell didnt enjoy it) but it's hard for me not to appreciate the sheer grossness and scorn taken in portraying the fascists. they're just so intensely terrible.

    letting my thoughts simmer on this but i think aside from the gorier acts of violence (which i am simply terrible at dealing with but are depicted much much less indulgently than i anticipated) i'll grow more and more appreciative of the film. still super wanted it to end though, jesus fuck save me.

  • 9 Bullets

    9 Bullets

    ½

    this is literally the worst movie i think ive ever seen

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  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★

    quite a lot of sand

  • Love & Pop

    Love & Pop

    ★★★★

    excellent movie. a real amazing portrayal of teenage ennui and post-teenage regret with some especially salient lines that scratch at that adolescent attitude's itch. of course, as is anno, the movie is extremely personal and empathetic despite its esoteric presentation. there's a bit of a meme associated w his evangelion films and supposedly calling out the otakus and disillusioned teens he knows are in his audience, but love & pop addresses the regrets of being a jaded young adult in a…