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I struggle explaining how I rate movies.
Top 4 are my favorites I saw in June 2022.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007
Damn now this is just excellent filmmaking. Right from the opening too. The camerawork here & the way it was used to show such a unique perspective. The imagery used throughout this was astounding too. Overall, I was in tears by the end. I’m so grateful I got to experience this.
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The Adam Project 2022
Despite agreeing with the consensus that this was an overall disappointing film, it’s still a decent time.
I got to this relatively late so I had seen a lot of the negative ratings. Despite that, I still had relatively high hopes. But this was just okay. Reynolds gives his typically fun performance, Walker Scobell was awesome as young Adam, & I’ll never complain about Mark Ruffalo.
My biggest gripe though is that for a big budget sci fi-type movie, this didn’t…
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011
I first watched this a few years ago & remember loving it/smashing the 5 star button but I had also consumed a copious amount of wine that night so I’ve been curious to rewatch this in a different setting.
This was still so much fun. It was so great to watch Carrell & Gosling do their thing. Their interaction & hang-outs were consistently hilarious. Julianne Moore doesn’t miss either. The downgrade in rating is primarily due to that lull that comes before the…
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Nightmare Alley 2021
Damn what an ending. That got me good. I was also really impressed with the use of lighting + shadows & fire as a sort of visual component of the mystery at times. And the performances here also helped carry the mystery but I particularly enjoyed Strathairn & Jenkins’ work here. Wouldn’t have argued against more Dafoe screentime either. But at the same time, Mara, Blanchett, & Collette did their damn thing, especially Blanchett. Her work in that final act was tremendous & by…
