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Perfume Live at Tokyo Dome "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11" 2011
the electropop bible. A-chan doing target practice is one of the greatest things ever recorded
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Top Gun: Maverick 2022
theres no doubt that this is an impressive and excellently crafted blockbuster for modern sensibilities - its more sturdy, more tightly constructed and written, and more "professional" i suppose, but within that professionalism i also felt a soullessness relative to the original despite its gestures at broad emotional beats. the colder lighting choices and the Lorne Balfe effect are obvious distinctions from the original, but i cant help but feel a little disappointed by the more sterile character dynamics -…
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Avengers: Infinity War 2018
This is what happens when your franchise suffers a decade's worth of technological stagnation and chronically inept characterisation. No matter who reunited, kissed, hugged or died, I didn't feel a thing. And on top of that, there's no understanding of how to inventively direct action. I simply cannot understand how Marvel, with all their money and power and all the people supposedly behind their ideas, consistently fail to get fight scenes right in an action movie franchise.
This movie is…