Tim

Tim

Eclectic movie nerd. Check out my YouTube channel if you want. I talk about film there.

Favorite films

  • Before Sunset
  • Marty
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

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  • Daylight

  • Anora

    ★★★½

  • Dune: Part Two

    ★★★½

  • Wicked

    ★★★★

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★½

    "I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!"

    "Only the true Messiah denies His divinity."

    - The Life of Brian (1979).

    This exchange, in different words, is literally in Dune: Part Two, and it is (whether intentional or not) hilarious.

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★

    Saw Wicked onstage 17 years ago in Chicago. I remember very little of it. So, I can't speak to additions or elongations. This is a very timely film in many ways. My only complaint is doubly the length of the story and making an 75 to 90 minutes of material into 150 minutes. Wicked: Part 1's pacing is too slow and brings down the story somewhat. This is a good movie, but if they'd kept the story to one part, it probably would've been great.

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  • A Fishy Affair

    A Fishy Affair

    ★★★

    I'm discoving a bit through these Sennett shorts.

    1. Pay attention, because they move fast, especially in the beginning.

    2. I don't think I'm a fan of Ford Sterling and his mugging. If he had a loveable personality to go along with it, I could stand it, but he just makes the same disgusted/unhappy expression the whole short. It gets old quickly.

    Also felt more could've been mined from the premise with the robber being chased by the cop and…

  • A Grocery Clerk's Romance

    A Grocery Clerk's Romance

    ★½

    Soooo, this woman was just going to marry a guy 10 minutes after losing her husband? Seems like a real catch, dude.