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 Circle (2000) - Rated 30 May 2025
"The structure of it is cool for sure. The long shots held on the faces of the women were the real crux of the film."
Carnal Knowledge (1971) - Rated 28 May 2025
"Interesting as a historical document (there was a Supreme Court case over this? in 1974?) and for copious scenes of unclothed Jack Nicholson but not much more than that."
Catch-22 (1970) - Rated 25 May 2025
"Translating the more slapstick gag from literature to screen is tough and I think some of the sight gags lose their punch because the dialogue ends up explaining them anyway. "Where's my parachute" is an amazing bit but then it gets re-explained in dialogue for no reason. The written back-and-forths still hit though. P.S. Always a pleasure to see Large Orson Welles dominate the screen for a few minutes."
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Rated 23 May 2025
"I see why it was groundbreaking for its time, but 50 years later it feels kinda academic."
The Graduate (1967) - Rated 08 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.)"
