peyrin
Cinema Addict
Member Since: 08 Jan 2018
Location: CA, USA
Bio: i watch movies again, i guess (he/him)
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The Graduate (1967) - Rated 09 May 2025
"Is it about anything? Not really, but it's funny and it looks amazing (the colors all pop). All-timer soundtrack also."
Lawrence of Arabia (1962) - Rated 11 Apr 2025
"Caught a theater screening of this. The wide shots really bring a tear to my eye man. Lean is funnier than people give him credit for - old people in the theater laughed regularly through the whole thing."
The Brutalist (2024) - Rated 30 Mar 2025
"Wow. Toth and Van Buren are such singular "great men" that their story resonates more on an individual level than an allegoric one, and yet the imagery is so towering that it simply forces you to think on the macro scale. The treatment of Israel is very early-Corbet in its unfounded ambition, which forces you to do the thinking for him and pick your favorite interpretation (for better or worse). I hope this gets everyone else to think harder about title/credit/intermission design."
I'm Still Here (2024) - Rated 28 Mar 2025
"The normalcy is the scariest part, I think. You go out for ice cream, play with the dog, go to school, play ball at the beach, while people are being disappeared."
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) - Rated 27 Mar 2025
"There's basically two movies here, one in each half. While I see the vision, I'm not sure that the character drama and the political allegory dovetail in the intended way. Also this is not the film's fault but certain western critics calling this brave is a little rich given the images coming out of the US right now."
A Complete Unknown (2024) - Rated 26 Mar 2025
"It's more stylish than other bland biopics of its ilk, but maybe it's just because the 60s in music are just too wild to ever be fully neutered. I was not a Chalamet believer at first but he goes bonkers here. I like that most of the movie has no plot besides appreciating greatness, and that applies to both Dylan and Chalamet. (Of course there's a JAJ cameo.)"
The Apprentice (2024) - Rated 25 Feb 2025
"A movie like this always had to tightrope-walk how many winks to the future it would have. I think the result here is relatively tasteful, except for a few scenes ("I love making deals, I'm an artist" and the Reagan MAGA bit come to mind). I see the Sebastian Stan Trump vision for sure."
The Substance (2024) - Rated 23 Feb 2025
"First 2/3rds: Mundane details like drinking soda are elevated to be viscerally sensual (so much "squelch" in the SDH captions). The whole thing is so expertly gross that I did not enjoy it at all (which might be praise?). Glad to see a font design credit because that was terrifying. The last 1/3 bizarrely swerves into camp and undoes a lot of the built-up horror though. (Also, not to nitpick, but snow in LA in the opening shot?)"
A Real Pain (2024) - Rated 21 Feb 2025
"Love that Eisenberg had this in him. The characters are caricatures but also deeply human, which feels like a good summation of the types of characters he tends to play."
Nickel Boys (2024) - Rated 19 Feb 2025
"I suppose the first-person shots are the main talking point for every review, but honestly I didn't find it particularly distracting or groundbreaking. The story is visceral enough either way."
