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IF 2024
Somehow, someway this movie absolutely slapped me silly. I don’t *think* it was the 4 drinks, but it certainly could have been my newly acquired Girl Dad perspective, but I was hooked from the jump and it captured my attention, imagination, wonder and curiosity throughout.
The absurdity really worked for me, and I think the slow trickle of world building is what really kept me engaged. Largely, I didn’t really know completely what was happening but was getting just enough…
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The Idea of You 2024
Had the pleasure of watching this with my wife. Very much her kind of movie and she loved it. I found it mostly interesting with some gripping moments and a few very slow parts. Hathaway was very strong and sold her character - Galitzine was charming but I wasn’t quite as sold.
In particular, the first act of the film felt bland - not sure if an artistic choice, commentary or just bad filmmaking. The visuals were rarely great but…
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Die Hart 2023
Once I learned after watching that this film is literally a bunch of pieced together Quibis, it makes the viewing experience make a lot more sense. That is exactly what it feels like; I could not legitimately recommend this to anyone.
It does a this thing where it’s pseudo real life but also not - only two of the characters play themselves. Once the entire premise is revealed all 3 elements of the ending were predictable from. There was twice…
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Sharper 2023
The official count is 3 I saw coming, 5 I didn’t (several of those I should have), and 1 that I thought I knew for sure, later thought I was wrong, but turned out I was right.
This had more layers than an ogre - which many are calling its downfall - but the storytelling mechanism was enjoyable and everything was *mostly* believable. The absurdity of some of the plot points are certainly there, but it was engaging, easy to…
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