Favorite films

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  Frozen 2013

  ★★★ Rewatched 19 May 2023

  My son's first watch.

  Olaf is magic. Fantastic comic relief. And Anna is tons of fun to watch.

  Haven't looked back at any other thoughts, so I don't know if I always felt this way and just forgot: Elsa sucks.

  "Let it Go" is still a great song, but she's awful throughout, thanks in part to some truly shitty parenting (when her Mom & Dad tell the Troll ppl they'll keep her away from everyone else and conceal her powers, why…

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  Scream VI 2023

  ★★★ Watched 30 Apr 2023

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

  Ok so it’s starting to play w/ some of its own rules, and that’s both a good and bad thing. 

  The Good:
  * A Different Opening! Different phone call, and an immediate unmasking! Fun! Even tho I wanted a better sequence for Radio Silence alum Samara Weaving. 

  * No Act III party! Characters trying to stay together! Wonderfully refreshing. 

  * Core 4 - All enjoyable actors and solid chemistry all around. And yet…(see below). 

  * Gale Weathers - loved that…

Popular reviews

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  The Incredibles 2004

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 09 Jun 2018 2

  Hands down the greatest Superhero movie of all time. And it's neck and neck between this and "Toy Story 3" for best Pixar movie.

  Am looking forward to the sequel, but it likely won't have the perfect build of this film. The satire of the first 20 minutes is critical the overall impact.

  It's an origin story of the rebirth of the heroes. And a family movie. And a mid-life crisis movie. And a comedy. And a drama. And an action movie.

  14 years after its release it still has better action sequences than today's Superhero movies.

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  Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed 2022

  ★½ Watched 10 Apr 2022 1

  2 or 3 really interesting interviewees, particularly the PreacherNSneakers guy. 

  There are profound and serious spiritual issues raised in the film and many incidents ranging from unseemly/suspect to evil/criminal. 

  Unfortunately, the filmmakers keep trying to convince you that this particular church is evil because its music is too popular and that means it’s manipulative, and so is trying to open more churches throughout the world; and volunteering is now the same as being brainwashed and on and on with this…