Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Return of the Jedi 1983

  ★★★★ Rewatched 22 Nov 2023

  I remembered the negative parts of this movie being a lot worse than they really are, though they still bring the experience down for me a bit: the opening on Tattooine feels mostly disconnected from the main plot, and, like people always mention when this movie comes up, the Ewoks feel like an obvious marketing ploy clumsily slotted into a role that would've fit better with Wookies. Despite those two issues (and they're pretty minor issues, really) the main story…

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  The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Oct 2023

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Every so often I get the urge to rewatch these movies, and while I sometimes struggle to sit through TV episodes uninterrupted, I have no trouble setting aside entire chunks of my day for this. Every time I find myself appreciating something different about the experience, and this time it was watching Boromir's slow realization of who and what he was becoming under the influence of the Ring. There's so many little moments where you can see his facade nearly…

Popular reviews

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  Stop Making Sense 1984

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Sep 2023

  I feel like I could watch this 10 more times focusing on someone else each time and not get bored.

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  Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018

  ★★★ Watched 19 Jul 2023

  The brand stuff wasn't nearly as bad as I was led to believe, but I could've done without the meta Disney princess stuff being so closely tied to the plot.

  Not quite as good as the first and a little bit on the nose, but the emotional core of Ralph and Vanellope still works for me.

  EDIT: forgot to mention that I think I'm officially done with seeing Star Wars stormtroopers in pop culture at this point