thatyoungm

thatyoungm
Film Freak - 577 Film Ratings
Member Since: 11 Apr 2010
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Age: 37
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90 86% Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) - Rated 11 Mar 2024
"Directed as only Edgar Wright can, Scott Pilgrim plays perfect homage to the comics, while also working independently as a sharp adventure comedy. From the inventive visuals which do a great job of reflecting the physics of a comic book, to the sarcastic sense of humor, it's a fun ride through the search for musical relevance in Toronto."
88 59% Society of the Snow (2023) - Rated 30 Jan 2024
"An effective and emotional retelling of an incredible true story. The contrast between the small moments of survival with the vast shots of snowy landscape and small details such as condensation repeatedly dripping off the wreckage of the airplane give a claustrophobic sense of hopelessness that the film builds on as these characters try to find any reason to mentally and physically not give up. It's a powerful and moving film."
88 59% Little Women (2019) - Rated 27 Jan 2024
"Greta Gerwig breathes new life into a familiar book and though it started a little slowly for me, by the end, I was thoroughly engrossed in the interlocked relationships portrayed. The writing is razor sharp and gives the stellar cast room to shine. The film also features some surprisingly beautiful cinematography that cast new shades of beauty on a lot of the scenes."
88 59% Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023) - Rated 27 Jan 2024
"Surprisingly one of the best films of the year, an honest, funny, and often heartfelt look at growing up that does justice to Judy Blume's iconic book. The familiar moments of entering adolescence are handled delicately and authentically. The movie also features some of the best child acting in recent memory, but special mention is deserved for Rachel McAdams who portrays Margaret's mother in a nuanced and quietly emotional performance that is the film's true heart. A great gem of 2023."
83 20% There's Something About Mary (1998) - Rated 23 Jan 2024
"For every kind of funny bit of physical comedy or one-liners, there's another super dumb gross-out scene that feels just thrown in for no good reason. It doesn't have the dumb charm of Dumb and Dumber and some of the jokes feel really, really dated and kind of mean-spirited. Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, and Matt Damon all have good chemistry and there are definitely still some fantastic comedic moments, but comedy gold this is not."
88 59% Wonka (2023) - Rated 22 Jan 2024
"There's a lot of the original spirit of Roald Dahl in this musical, which pleasantly surprised me. I went in a bit pessimistic as there have already been a lot of iterations of the book, but Wonka provides a fresh perspective, some great music and performances, and, most importantly, a spirit of wonder and dreaming that's missing from a lot of newer films. It's also pretty funny with some great sight gags and throwaway lines for adults to chew on as well. The heart in this film elevates it."
88 59% Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - Rated 22 Jan 2024
"At this point, the Avengers franchise sort of stands on its own as this unique cinematic experiment that has worked so successfully. There isn't a lot of character development because there doesn't need to be. These characters have been lovingly built through movie after movie and finally seeing them in an adventure of this scale works well. Yet, also, the film is one of the darkest and most emotional of the franchise and, again, that's earned by all that came before it."
89 73% Dream Scenario (2023) - Rated 21 Jan 2024
"I enjoyed this movie a lot, with its Gondry-esque visual weirdness, a career performance from Nic Cage, who seems to be in sort of a career renaissance lately, and a great soundtrack by Owen Pallett. I disagree with people who think this movie is making a statement on cancel culture; I think there were some throwaway bits of comedy around that. Instead, Cage's character as a downtrodden man who finally gets the recognition he always wanted only to become more miserable in the end is poignant."
30 1% X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) - Rated 20 Jan 2024
"There are some potentially compelling ideas in this movie, which are immediately shattered when Fox hired known hack and all around terrible person Brett Ratner to direct this. What results is a mess of plotholes, paper-thin characters, painful over-acting by good actors, and incredibly cheesy one-liners. The whole thing is, for lack of a better word, very stupid."
87 45% Priscilla (2023) - Rated 20 Jan 2024
"I feel the way that I feel about many Sofia Coppola films, which is that they are pretty and well-acted, but often hard to connect with. The power dynamic between Elvis and Priscilla is well and disturbingly portrayed, but the film doesn't really plumb much deeper thematically, other than to show the controversial beginning and slow deterioration of their relationship. It is well acted, but ultimately feels like a somewhat fruitless experience."