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Oppenheimer 2023
I like a lot about it and so much of what Nolan does still impresses me. It feels like a masterpiece but it isn't. It feels complicated and intricate and lofty, but it isn't. The film never takes time to breath, to let characters and the audience fully digest anything - it needed some moments with less bombast and more reflexion.
In my own opinion I feel the final moments of the Trinity test were terribly mishandled. Considering the film…
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Love and Monsters 2020
Maybe because it was a Netflix release but I feel this little gem is terribly underappreciated.
It's incredibly fun (a major missing component to film these days) and good natured with an excellent performance from Dylan O'Brien. It has a small scale feel but never feels confined and in fact creates a great new world that would be fantastic to explore further in a sequel - which seems entirely unlikely to ever happen. Boo.
I'd like more please,.
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Watchmen 2009
Unfilmable my ass.
Zack Snyder has created a magnificent movie that absolutely got it right. It's a grand film on a large scale with big ideas and more style than most summer films put together.
I'd recommend repeat viewings before anyone dismissed this as anything but an exceptional film. There is a wealth of material in its 3 hour runtime and a story so dense and intricately woven that it demands to be absorbed fully.
This is a film made…
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Identity Thief 2013
You'd think after the first or second time it'd get old seeing Melissa McCarthy punch someone in the throat but nope, funny every single time.