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  Men 2022

  ★★ Watched by David Haddon 02 Jul 2022

  Of all the questions this movie raises, the loudest, most prominent, one is;

  “Did they know what they were trying to say?”

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  The Limit 2018

  ★★ Watched by David Haddon 01 Jul 2022

  I appreciate the experiment but this one… didn’t quite work.

Popular reviews

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  Cool World 1992

  ★★★★ Rewatched by David Haddon 26 Nov 2019

  One of the most underrated films ever made, and one of my personal faves.

  A clear response to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the film presents a similar concept through the lens of the darkly comic, perverted world of the underground cartoonists. 

  I love the art style, and the overall tone. This film is just the right level of dark surrealism I enjoy and it is clear Bakshi is doing what he can with the script.

  That said, the script is…

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  Freddy Got Fingered 2001

  ★★★★ Rewatched by David Haddon 15 Nov 2019 1

  There is an insane amount to unpack here. This film balances on the rusty blade of a knife, between utter trash and near incomprehensible genius.

  This film has been called Dadaist, Surrealist, Absurdist. There are some arguments to be made for and against each of them. There is too much a narrative for it to be Dadaist. There is to much normalcy for it to be truly Surrealist. The disconnect between mind and reality is not great enough to be…