tomEdna

tomEdna

Favorite films

  • The Lobster
  • Lady Macbeth
  • Brazil
  • The Sound of Music

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  • Baby Reindeer

    ★★★★★

  • The English Patient

    ★★★★★

  • Saltburn

    ★★★

  • The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★★

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  • Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer

    ★★★★★

    Unnerving tale that juggles multiple themes: sexuality, stalking, assault, et cetera. 
    Definitely worth the watch plus Jessica Gunning has been killing it lately, see Amazon/BBC One’s “The Outlaws” for reference.

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  • The English Patient

    The English Patient

    ★★★★★

    Breathtaking landscape shots reminiscent of “Lawrence of Arabia”. Kristin Scott Thomas (Katherine) plays the happy-go-lucky romantic foil to Ralph Fiennes’s more somber character, Almásy. I buy the romance and how easily Almásy becomes possesive of Katherine even after stating he dislikes ownership. 
    Minghella really pulled out all the stops with this joint; some of the blocking and shots were eye candy.

  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    ★★★

    “Great gowns, beautiful gowns”

    Fennell has a great eye for visuals and some meme-able dialogue but the overall movie doesn’t gel like it ought to, which is a shame. There’s a bit of raunchiness for raunchiness sake, this is not a problem tbh but once you clock it that shit loses its efficacy quickly - like come on, I had a tumblr account you can’t faze me. 
    Some characters weren’t used effectively imo; case in point, that math geek that…

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