Santiago Rivera

Santiago Rivera

Favorite films

  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Forrest Gump
  • The Dark Knight

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  • The Hunt

    ★★½

  • Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    ★★★★½

  • The Harmonists

    ★★★

  • BLUE EYE SAMURAI

    ★★★★½

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  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

    ★★½

    This film is f**king crazy
    It’s meant to make people think about the political polarization and political extremes in the US and it’s so in your face about it that at times it was just like “ok, we get it” and at other times it was just ridiculous.
    Idk how to think about it, really.
    Definitely don’t feel the need to watch it again, anyway.

  • Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

    ★★★★½

    This was so cool to experience — watched it with my “Berlin: Capital of the 20th Century” literature & film class after having read about the city in its early 20th century years, and this captured the exact kinds of feelings of the excitement and fast-paced innovation of that time at a similar level or even better than the writings from Walser and Hessel. And although it was a silent film with no real plot or storyline, the pacing and musical…

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★½

    Watched it again. Objectively still as good as my first viewing.
    I’m just confused/curious about a few minor details:
    1. How the heck do the Fremen make their clothing and technology if they live surrounded by sand?
    2. What’s the significance of Chani’s blue cloth scarf? Why does she wear it on her head and then wrap it around her arm? Google says it’s a sign of her love for Paul but I just feel like the film could have…

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp

    Ant-Man and the Wasp

    ★★★½

    Grandma loved this one.
    I agree, it was pretty funny.