tedatwood

tedatwood

Favorite films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Hand of God
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Paris, Texas

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  • Vertigo

    ★★★★

  • Gladiator II

    ★★★

  • Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★

  • Risky Business

    ★★★½

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  • Risky Business

    Risky Business

    ★★★½

    Tom has the juice

    Insane premise for a movie - wild that people are scandalized by things coming out now when this was a box office hit forty years ago

  • Layer Cake

    Layer Cake

    ★★★

    Minus half star for Daniel Craig’s alarmingly blue eyes

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  • BlackBerry

    BlackBerry

    ★★★★

    Filled the succession-shaped hole in my heart of people yelling and swearing in conference rooms.

    Really fun and a pretty big accomplishment for a low budget movie, looked really good (except for the hair) and never felt super distracted by the visuals. Glenn Howerton was so good I almost forgot he’s Dennis. 

    Likely the first of many biopics about stuff that I actually remember. Definitely adds a layer when you can look at the screen and think “oh I remember that” Recommend watch with your dad, he will definitely remember that.

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★★

    An absolutely captivating, gripping,  incredible feat. So much already said about the visuals, score, and resonance of the story. Here are my takes:

    Nobody except Cillian Murphy could have played this part to the same effect. All depth no breadth of looking existentially distressed for 3 hours and pulling it off. 

    Some of the best parts of the movie for me were when it veered into surrealist horror of realizing what he created. I expected more of this going into…

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