therealgus

therealgus

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • City of God
  • La Haine
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Big Lebowski

    ★★★★★

  • 12 Angry Men

    ★★★★★

  • The Usual Suspects

    ★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    Really wanted to like this film a lot more than I did, but the whole thing didn’t exactly click for me.  The concept, world building and a great performance/ performances from Robert Pattinson were highlights.  But other than that, the clunkiness of the storyline, way too heavy handed political satire, and some unfortunately underwhelming performances from Ruffalo and Collette left me leaving the theater feeling disappointed.  Not a bad movie, but definitely not one I’ll revisit soon.

  • The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski

    ★★★★★

    Uh, nice marmot.

    Every rewatch of this movie makes me love it more and more.  On the Mt. Rushmore of the college dorm genre

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  • 12 Angry Men

    12 Angry Men

    ★★★★★

    “Tell your disappointment to suck it.  I’m doing a bottle episode!”
    -Jeff Winger

  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★★

    Favorite political thriller I’ve seen in a long time.  Beautifully shot, the drama is driven by a multitude of great performances, and it has a truly gripping score.

    The ending feels a little bit narratively forced, but that is the only thing that I think didn’t land near perfectly about this film.

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