i have this so I can feel like I'm achieving something when I watch movies
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllRecent reviews
More-
American Fiction 2023
enjoy the literary satire both despite and because of its broad strokes, but the direction is completely flat and the family stuff is boring I fear
-
Popular reviews
More-
Whiplash 2014
The most important thing about this film is that it thinks Fletcher is right, at least in a practical sense. By this I mean that it supports the notion that great art can only be borne of terrible strife and adversity. The best are those who are punished into punishing themselves into pushing themselves into greatness. I don't agree with this notion -- in fact I find it chauvinistic -- but I can't see any other way to read the…
-
Cats 2019
yeah sorry I liked it. yes it's fucking weird and overly horny and over the top and variably incompetent and often deeply uncomfortable, but that's why it's great. Taylor Swift the unexpected highlight, she shows up and you're like oh yeah that's what an actual good musical performance looks like