“i didn’t think it would be bad, but ... i didn’t think it would be good”
“i’ll just say i’m pleasantly surprised”
“two thumbs up”
“not enough girl penguin surfers. that’s my one critique”
“was there a whole scene implying that the mean penguin fucks his trophies or did i hallucinate that”
- rave testimonials from my friends after i made them watch this with me last night
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Surf's Up 2007
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Metropolitan 1990
a jane austen novel repurposed for new york yuppies (or, Urban Haute Bourgeoisie), right down to the eloquently structured dialogue and the delicious slow-burn romance. no pride & prejudice hand flex, though :/
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A Bug's Life 1998
i just think it’s funny how there are three (3) sexy girl bugs and zero (0) sexy boy bugs. this is an abysmal problem plaguing the animation industry and i for one will not rest until Sexy Bug Equality is achieved. flik should’ve been sexy *drops mic*
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The Last Days of Disco 1998
pretty realistic post-grad movie except for the part where they all have jobs and enough disposable income to disco in NYC every night
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again 2018
reason #4729583 to buy mamma mia! here we go again on blu-ray and dvd: you can laugh out loud in the comfort of your own home when pierce brosnan sings his sad remix of SOS without worry of ruining the experience for the other theater patrons and publicly disrespecting pierce, who is simply doing his best with the material given. can you imagine being given a script that says you’re to sing SOS again, after every critic alive trashed you…
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Dreamscape 1984
the letterboxd poster heavily implies that this is an indiana jones rip-off, and in some ways, it is! for example:
-dennis quaid = harrison ford lite
-kate capshaw, wife of stephen spielberg and worst part of temple of doom (which also came out in 1984), is the Passive Love Interest
-there's a Kid who only exists so our Hero can be fatherly to him, causing the Love Interest to think, "huh, maybe this guy is more sensitive than i thought!… -
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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie 2012
will someone please, PLEASE add this to the criterion collection?? i even drafted a blurb for the back cover for you:
in this surrealist arthouse masterwork, provocateur auteurs tim & eric excavate and explore the incessant grime festering underneath the glitzy false promises of capitalism. jam-packed with cameos from the duo’s cult classic television program, Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, it’s none other than jeff goldblum who gives the stand out performance in the stunning, revelatory role of chef goldblum.…
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
at one point i was so bombarded by the amount of simpsons references i was suddenly understanding that i physically felt my intellectual transformation from tiny brain to galaxy brain