Letterboxd — Your life in film

I've never appreciated just how soothing this film is until this rewatch. The visuals, the music, the lack of dialogue for minutes at a time on several occasions. Even with some of its themes and storybeats, The Wind Rises is masterclass in just making me feel cosy.

This is the most fun I've had with a film in a long time.

That's it. That's the review.

It's basically a fair few cool scenes connected by some real drivel that can sometimes be a real slog. But damn do those cool scenes absolutely slap.

Anyway I can't wait to see Everything, Everywhere All at Once on Friday.

Truly, Wes Anderson's magnum opus. Ralph Finnes' finest performance. Beautifully melancholic through and through.

Religion, am I right fellas?

I mean, it's Lupin III, of course I'm going to love it.

It's extremely rare that I find a rom-com that I like, but when I do there's something so incredibly sweet about it that leaves me feeling whole. Anybody who has seen Ruby Sparks and knows me knows that it's my kind of movie.

Every film should have action scenes wherein everybody fights as of they're on the moon

I never thought Del Toro would release something so passable and predictable, but here we are. Thing is, the first 90 minutes are strong, but the final hour drags and rushes to an end. A real shame, because the production design has Del Toro written all over it and creates an atmosphere that drives this film forwards. Shame the rest couldn't match it.

Guy who's only seen La La Land: man, getting a whole lotta La La Land vibes from this.

((I liked it more than I thought I would, but man does it come a grinding halt when Maria and Tony are on screen together. Magical otherwise))

Oddly similar to The Batman, in which we spend a slow three hours peeling back the layers of our central characters and discovering what it means to live after death, as well as reflect on our previous lives and keep on living.