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  Paddington 2 2017

  ★★★½ Watched by delaydan17 25 Jun 2022

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

  71/100

  The story of Paddington 2 is undeniably sweet and charming, but is nothing special. The visuals, while endearing and having its somewhat unique style, are also nothing special. The humor is quite silly, and while fell flat quite a bit, it also made me chuckle quite a bit.

  By far the best, most elevating part of Paddington 2 is the thematic material in the prison arc of the film. I have advocated for over a decade that prisoners should be…

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  The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022

  ★★★½ Watched by delaydan17 23 Jun 2022

  67/100

  A fun and entertaining look into the dark, twisted labyrinths and corridors of Nicolas Cage’s mind. Surprisingly, however, is how much this film feels like an incredibly generic dramedy blockbuster. 

  Probably the most influential effect The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent had on me was adding Paddington 2 to my watch list.

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  Full Metal Jacket 1987

  ★★★★ Watched by delaydan17 19 Jun 2022

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

  78/100

  Very effectively demonstrates how institutional emotional abuse and indoctrination turns men into soulless killing machines. Inevitably, this leads to breaking the minds of some individuals completely. Others, however, maintain some semblance of their original selves. This, in turn, led to the lunacy and slew of war crimes that was Vietnam. 

  I did, however, kind of already know all that going into the film, and felt that my favorite war film, Apocalypse Now, demonstrates the insanity and dehumanizing quality of…

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  RRR 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched by delaydan17 16 Jun 2022 2

  91/100

  I’m happy to announce that RRR was just as entertaining and stylish as I hoped it would be. For those put off by a three hour run time, don’t be: the movie is very well paced and most of it flew by. I especially enjoyed the action, which felt to me like a stylistic combination of of Chinese kung fu and Tarantino, which although totally unrealistic was also totally rad. The soundtrack is also rad, and not scared of…