George, stage name Spike Greene. Aspiring actor/filmmaker. :)
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Hot Fuzz 2007
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg have written a classic comedy, one where the setups and payoffs, as I'm sure everyone knows by now these writers are capable of, are sublime. A rewatch is particularly fun because of this, but I will not spoil the film here.
I really like that the film takes its time in the small town. It never really stops being funny, but it takes its time before we see any murders. We build the characters and…
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Duck Soup 1933
It’s a freewheeling film that’s under 70 minutes, a film with jokes that hit more often than miss. I should mention that I would skip the opening credits if I were you, for they seem to contain animal cruelty that personally quite bothered me. I guess in 1933 animals’ rights weren’t established in films yet.
But aside from that however, there is such wit, and the delivery of it all is simply perfection. It oddly feels modern in its pacing,…
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022
Let me say this upfront; I didn't hear about the poor test screenings until after I watched this. But if we've got characters with next to zero development, how am I supposed to care about the suspense? What could have been well-crafted and had potential turned into a slog. A slog with great effects work, but still a slog. The acting was okay, but it felt very surface-level. It could have explored more that it brought up, instead of barely…
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Shaun of the Dead 2004
This movie is the best horror-comedy there is, I'm being honest. I've seen at least Ghostbusters, An American Werewolf in London, Zombieland, and yet there is no better horror-comedy. Don't get me wrong, those three are also great, but for me, this tops them. The comedy is visual and verbal, and there's great use of stylised editing here. We get a three-dimensional protagonist, his relationships with everybody, and the slow outbreak of the zombies. It's one of the best of…
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