traut
Bio: 95/100: Masterpieces and all-time favorites
90/95: I loved it - Recommended
80/85: Good or great! Some things I disliked
70/75: Decent, but some bigger things I disliked
50/55/60/65: Wasn't for me - lot of things I disliked
Less than 50 and it's an affront to god and all things film.
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| 95 67% | Before Sunrise (1995) - Rated 22 Aug 2024
"Is it that a film like this feels ever-possible - the chance coming together of destined souls? There’s something to be said here about what isn’t in the film; no day job, no family, no friends. There is only the present. The same way a scientist limits her variables, does it succeed in its ability to isolate falling in love through all the things absent? So, maybe it’s not as ever-possible as it seems - or maybe that's the real romance - watching something like this, reality in the backseat."
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| 100 92% | Sing Sing (2023) - Rated 22 Aug 2024
"Just beautiful. I felt so lucky to get to watch this on the big screen with my Mom. The story, acting, cinematography, score, - everything - fit right into place and made this an incredible film to watch. The majority of the ‘cast’ playing as themselves was the icing on the cake at the end."
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| 84 29% | Pom Poko (1994) - Rated 26 Jul 2024
"Oooh that parade scene - animation and music - has to be one of the most psychedelic things I've seen. also... big ol' flappy scrotums vs land development pog. The only notch against the film would be that it's too long and the pacing is weird at times."
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| 80 25% | Society of the Snow (2023) - Rated 10 Jul 2024
"Some really interesting cinematography without the pretentiousness. Capturing those claustrophobic shots in the plane would have been no easy feat, then the shots of the grand scale of the landscape are really cool as they find the other side of the feeling of being trapped. Amazing actors too."
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| 85 33% | Origin (2023) - Rated 23 Jun 2024
"Incredibly moving piece. The idea feels massive, and it swells, along with you, through its journey into a researched, developed study. However, I can’t shake wanting something more out of the ending - not a solution, but another level - if not race, and instead caste, why? Or perhaps that’s a sign to read the book. After all, the movie does plenty to incite the viewer with a drive to explore this topic with the same vigor as Isabel. And a smaller gripe, but the soundtrack was a bit much."
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| 75 19% | A Bronx Tale (1993) - Rated 22 Jun 2024
"Themes of heated race relations and working class disdain towards organized crime take the backseat in this coming of age story. In the front seat is a tale of a boy’s coming to acknowledge the flaws in his role models while still learning from what wisdom they have to offer. And true, while this alone doesn’t make the film unique by any stretch, it’s its underdeveloped other themes that make it lacking in completion."
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| 91 59% | Problemista (2023) - Rated 15 Apr 2024
"Problemista is beautiful - it’s simple in scope, but executed with such creativity and attention to detail. It’s easy to watch without being too easy - hilarious scenes unfold into those which prod at the bleak reality for so many. And lastly, the two main characters, Ale and Elizabeth, probably one of the most unlikely pairs I’ve seen in film seem to play off each other so well in that beautiful way that fleshed out characters with top notch acting do."
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| 98 82% | La passion de Dodin Bouffant (2023) - Rated 09 Mar 2024
"Perfect - this film felt like it accomplished exactly what it sought out to do, and did so… with taste."
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| 97 77% | Finding Nemo (2003) - Rated 06 Mar 2024 |
| 100 92% | Amélie (2001) - Rated 06 Mar 2024
"Beautiful - a perfect film. The entire thing plays out like one big Rube Goldberg machine where one event's whimsical consequences are explored in full playful detail. Next time the feeling of 'world so big, me so small' hits you, give this a watch."
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