Favorite films

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  Godzilla Raids Again 1955

  ★★ Watched 05 Apr 2021

  You know that thing where something is successful so the studio immediately cashes in with a much lower budget, hastily made sequel?
  That shit happened in 1955 Japan as well, y'all.

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  Godzilla vs. Kong 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Apr 2021

  So... the special effects were unparalleled. The monsters tearing through Hong Kong had so much weight and presence to them, in a way I don't think has been matched by any film up till now. The scope of the battle was also something you don't see a lot, most monster movies tending to focus on a small portion of a city at a time, while this one had them tearing through entire neighborhoods, in a way that made momentum feel…

Popular reviews

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  Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan 2009

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Mar 2020 3

  Look, I love Conan, I love Lupin, of course I'm going to love this movie. The fact that I watched it with the person who turned me on to Conan (my mom), and the person I watched my first Lupin movie with, establishing my fondness for the series (my daughter), just made this a really, really good experience.
  I only noticed this after a while in but the two art styles of Conan and Lupin are.. not exactly similar. Like,…

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  Urusei Yatsura: Only You 1983

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2020

  Look. I'm not going to say this is a good movie. I'm certainly not saying it's not problematic AF. I am going to say that I split my sides laughing so hard at just how ridiculous this movie got at times, and how it kept piling on more and more ridiculousness as it went on.
  Also there was a woman? Who was wearing basically a chain? And, like, this anime is so gay except for everyone wanting to jump on…