Simon (Jimmy Johns Connoisseur)

Simon (Jimmy Johns Connoisseur)

“Bro I’ve been up to no good..... for real.”

Favorite films

  • Alien
  • Blade Runner
  • Das Boot
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

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  • His House

    ★★★½

  • Sahara

    ★★★½

  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    ★★★★½

  • Troy

    ★★★★

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  • His House

    His House

    ★★★½

    Solid horror flick with heart.

  • Sahara

    Sahara

    ★★★½

    The virgin Fury vs the CHAD Sahara.



    In all seriousness though it’s a pretty good film. It has its flaws and it is a propaganda film. The heroes sacrifice themselves in heroic fashion and the tragedies of war aren’t really shown. Also the Germans are all pretty cartoonishly evil, but it’s to be expected from a film from 1943. The real Afrika Korps under Rommel fought a pretty clean war in the desert with the Brits and were well respected…

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  • Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal

    Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal

    ★★★★½

    Fantastic animation with a very well done love story that is subtle in all the right ways. The violence is a stark contrast to the actual series, and I feel it’s necessary here to obtain an understanding of Kenshin’s character. Great watch.

  • Predators

    Predators

    ★½

    Continuing in my Predator Movie watch, I came to this film, Predators. It stars Adrian Brody and friends as a mercenaries and soldiers dropped on a predator hunting preserve. 

    I’ll start off with the positives- the Predator costumes look great. The effects for their suits do as well. Some real work went into those. Now on to the many negatives. 

    First off, they filmed the movie in a jungle. Great. The first and best one was in a jungle. But......…

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