xavpaw

xavpaw

Favorite films

  • The Thin Red Line
  • Dead Poets Society
  • American Beauty
  • The Double Life of Véronique

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  • An Urban Allegory

    ★★★★½

  • Stand by Me

    ★★½

  • Frka

  • It's Not My Film

    ★★★★½

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  • Stand by Me

    Stand by Me

    ★★½

    did they trust King' story will carry the movie? i can imagine it being engaging on paper, but here for the most part i was debating whether to turn it off or not. it tries to be grand and poetic and yet it somehow ends up naive and boring.

there are dynamics and conversations i recognize very well from my own childhood but the longing for the simpler childhood times is not enough to carry it for 90mins. chris phoenix is incredible and his character is the only one thats consistently interesting. all the others just show glimmers of hope in singular scenes

  • It's Not My Film

    It's Not My Film

    ★★★★½

    most realistic depiction of a fighting couple put to screen imo. beautiful concept with such a touching ending. i honestly think, the movie will annoy many people, its very dependent on personal experiences

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  • The Peasants

    The Peasants

    where to even start... this being the polish oscar candidate is such an insult to all polish films of last year.

    the people who made this dont seem to have the slitghtest clue about life in the countryside. its then a goddamn bold decision to film a nobel prize winning novel thats called "peasants".

    the main character is a barbiesque insufferable perfect white girl that saves hurt animals. whats her thing?? oh, she makes fucking paper cut-outs during the whole…

  • Frka

    Frka

    still good lol

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