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  The Tragedy of Man 2011

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 May 2023 5

  This is a transcendent piece of art that is so deep I couldn't watch more than 3 minutes at a time before having to pause and discuss with the audience I was watching it with. This encapsulates nearly all of the discussions I have and what I write about in my personal explorations into the philosophy of life, and in most ways this film hits everything on the head. I've been writing this review for over a week and it's…

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  Stalker 1979

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Apr 2020 14

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

  Definitely a film that makes you think. Cinematography among the best I've ever seen, but at the same time I think that most of the scenes lingered too long. It is one thing to pause for gravity and emphasis, it's another to be sitting at a crossroads, not moving and just staring at what is basically a slightly moving picture in a film. The sepia contrast images were just beautiful, and really the whole film is beautiful from an art…

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  Animal Farm 1954

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Feb 2025

  "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism..."
  - George Orwell

  I read the book right after watching the movie so as to know what these "immense differences" were between the two. Snowball is decidedly less holy in the book, he's just a smarter version of the Napoleon of the movie and because he doesn't die he is able to be used as the scapegoat for the failings and…

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  Journey to the Promised Land 1988

  ★★½ Rewatched 26 Jan 2025

  Not as good as the brass plates movie and this feels somewhat trite in a lot of places. Lemuel's voice is still a joy to listen to, but that's comedy in the midst of something meant to be serious. My wife was commenting that portraying singing and dancing as being bad might not be the right message for kids either and I agree, I also laughed out loud when she compared tying up Nephi to Footloose.

  Now, if we look…

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  Deadpool & Wolverine 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Jul 2024 2

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

  YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  I was wrong, Shawn Levy is capable of making a good movie! That being said this is barely even a movie (so I was still partially right); it’s a video game. The choreography and nostalgia bait are wonderful, but if you’re not connected to these characters the flaws here are glaring. The biggest one is Vanessa wanting a grand gesture out of Deadpool when they were supposed to be trying to have a baby. A significant other wanting a…

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  X 2022

  ½ Watched 29 Sep 2023 22

  It feels like this modern generation is afraid of old people having sex or being viewed sexually. The film couldn't even use real old people for its elderly homicidal couple. This film is just boring, hamfisted, obnoxious, and also trash. I'm gonna be having fun as an 80 year-old man being rushed to the hospital for enjoying my wife's sags and wrinkles, and I'm gonna be proud of that.