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Tenet 2020
A wholly entertaining film full of action and a whole lot of complicated scientific thingy to go along with it. I am not gonna try so hard to understand the workings and specificities behind it, because I believe we weren't meant to. Instead, we just have to establish the basic rules of the world that Nolan has built, and appreciate the journey taken on by the protagonist to save the world.
Except that the story is really just kind of…
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Oppenheimer 2023
My second Nolan film since TDKR, having only watched Dunkirk in the past ten years, missing out on Intersteller and Tenet and not getting to catch up on them yet.
Been a while and Dunkirk wasn't that great of an experience personally too. I always appreciate Nolan's mastery in films, although I might not always fully enjoy what he does and am also slightly against seemingly over-intellectualising things in his films as the audience tends to overemphasise on that aspect…
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Blue Moon 1997
Back again after a week. A little disappointed that we're starting with Blue again, and that only the fourth and last parts switched if I'm not wrong. But aside from the chance for different permutations (which can be seen as gimmicky), the film was still about as enjoyable due to the beautiful moments and atmosphere that was crafted throughout, just like how we experience life. There is not much else to add, I can and I'd love to watch this…
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Days 2020
Finally watching Tsai Ming-liang for the first time and what an experience it was. Didn't what to expect as I wasn't familiar with his style at all except that he's an acclaimed filmmaker.
The first shot already totally got me into the film. Genuine, mundane, calming, and beautiful. What followed was a series of similar still, long takes that interweave daily scenes of Kang and Non, never revealing more than it has to show us what is happening at the…
