Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Jan 2025

  Less than Hobbit 1 (the battle scene is too long) but broadly same vibes. I like it

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  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013

  ★★★½ Watched 04 Jan 2025

  A little bit less than Hobbit 1 (some of the CGI is a bit much) but broadly same feelings

  Also - where is Tauriel coming from? I don’t remember her in the books. She’s cool enough but the whole love story feels very forced

Popular reviews

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  Léon Morin, Priest 1961

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Aug 2020

  Leon Morin, Priest is a psychological film, and is centred around the conversation between a woman and the spiritual director she inadvertently selects.

  However, the conversation does not exist for its own end, but is used as a tool to demonstrate that her psychological limitations (her sexuality and uncritical atheism, among other things), limit her ability to live in true love of those around her. One of the most compelling lines in the film shows this: “I thank you, God,…

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  No Country for Old Men 2007

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 May 2020

  What a beautifully filmed, acted, and written film. On a basic level it’s a really fun modern take on a Western and a dark, ironic movie. Serious noir from Coën brothers. Deeper, it talks selfishness and the consequences on realistic and well-written characters.

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