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BrazilWoody

brazilwoody
Movie Buff
# Film Ratings: 279
Member Since: 12 Aug 2022
Location: Portland, Maine, USA
Age: 55
Bio: I love movies. Especially the great films. Love it when movies are so good, they become part of your DNA. Movies with characters so well-written, you instantly indentify with certain characters, and get totally enveloped in the journey. Wish I could say most of today's films are still doing that, but most are not. Oh, I like good TV series also, but... just like most of today's films, we're dealing with an insane OVERSATURATION of content. Makes it much harder to find the gold, amongst the coal.

Recent Ratings

85 77%
Devs (2020) - Rated 18 May 2024
70 26%
Men (2022) - Rated 18 May 2024
Growing tired of the "bizauma" (bizarre+trauma) genre. Yeah, I get it... trauma is the new horror trope. Garland knows how to do unsettling, but that's not enough to sustain my excitement. Remember being excited about films... vs bewildered? Well shot/acted, I'll give it that. But for me, lack of cohesion and muddled values (and don't tell me lack of cohesion is the point, or you'll get smacked!). Whoops... did I just become part of the "problem"? :)
80 59%
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) - Rated 09 Sep 2023
80 59%
Missing (2023) - Rated 03 Jul 2023
85 77%
All the President's Men (1976) - Rated 08 Apr 2023
70 26%
Cliffhanger (1993) - Rated 06 Jan 2023
pretty damn cheesy. Seeing it for first time in 2023, it's not what I'd hoped. super dated!
85 77%
Home Alone (1990) - Rated 24 Dec 2022
I mean, it's fine and all. Watched it with the wife. Can't believe the first time I'm watching this is this year (I'm 53). I had just thought I'd already seen it. The formula is very simple. Simpler than I thought. And you can tell that Stern/Pesci are just skipping their way through the film, not knowing it would be what it became. It's OK. Was going to rate it 80, but I'll bump it to 85, because it's Christmas (and it's COLUMBUS!)
85 77%
The Thing (1982) - Rated 05 Dec 2022
80 59%
Something in the Dirt (2022) - Rated 29 Nov 2022
Aaron/Justin have FINALLY revealed the truth! i.e. the real meaning of their films. Ready? Here it is: The deeper meaning is.... 100% NOTHING! For those who filled up countless Reddit pages telling us what Endless & Resolution means, the joke's on you. Dirt reveals there was NO answer. Rather, just two guys having a blast making films & smirking at their audiences struggling for meaning. I think it's a relief. I knew everyone was wrong! Lesson: learn to watch movies and just enjoy!
80 59%
What Is a Woman? (2022) - Rated 26 Oct 2022