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Just a quick reply to Gendo: I also love Megamind. It's actually one of my favourite animated films. I saw 8 more films so far. 6 new films and 2 rewatches: 29. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023; John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein) 8/10 Great fantasy film with awesome characters ...

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Thanks for sharing this, Rax. This is the first time I hear of someone accusing someone else of plagiarizing a performance. I seriously doubt Eastwood did something wrong in this situation. Anyway, I also saw three animated films: 26. The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023; Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic...

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Saw 10 films this month already. Here are write-ups for first four: 22. White Hunter Black Heart (1990; Clint Eastwood) 7/10 This film is superficially about making of John Huston's 'The African Queen', but it certainly veers off in some other, more interesting directions. Clint Eastwood was excelle...

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Just wanted to post about anime series I finished in May. The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) 8.5/10 This fantasy mecha anime series is yet another great recommendation by Rax. I really loved everything about it: animation, story, characters. Thematically speaking, it was one of the more interesting ani...

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Sadly, I only managed to see two films in April and two films in May. All of those four were rewatches. Here are my short write-ups: 18. The Dark Knight Rises (2012; Christopher Nolan) 10/10 I still love everything about this film: visuals, plot, performances. It was so epic and entertaining. I alwa...

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Hi guys. I'm back after 50 days. I hope you are doing well. I saw 5 films back in March. I'll post about that today, and do the rest tomorrow. 13. Only God Forgives (2013; Nicolas Winding Refn) 7/10 I've seen two films from this director before (Fear X (2003) and Drive (2011)). Those two were very g...

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Rest in peace Val Kilmer. He really was a very good actor who was in some really great movies. Thank you for the beautiful memories, for all the beautiful performances you have given to us, Val. We won't forget you.

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Hi guys. I saw 6 films back in February. All of those were rewatches. 7. The Nice Guys (2016; Shane Black) 8/10 Very good film which combines several different genres (buddy film, neo-noir, comedy, action). Very good performances from Crowe and Gosling. Shane Black is just great at writing funny dia...

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Fallen Angels, Werckmeister Harmonies, and Nostalghia for me. I keep contemplating doing a Tarkovsky deep dive sooner rather than later, so maybe I'll get to that last one of these days... I really glad you saw and loved Cries & Whispers (1972), Rax! That one is in my top 3 Bergman films, with ...

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This time I've seen 20 of them. Just very recently Once Upon a Time in America and I really loved it. Of the ones I've seen, The Dark Knight Rises is my least favorite, it's the only Nolan film I don't love. I haven't seen Zack Snyder's Justice League, but I can't imagine I'll like it, given that I...

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Hi guys. I apologize in advance, but it looks like I'm going completely crazy. I changed my top 30 AGAIN, and I just wanted to share the list with you guys. I think this new list is more reflective of what I love at the moment, at least compared to that list I posted some weeks ago. 1. Apocalypse No...

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Thanks guys! I really appreciate your thoughts. Regarding what Gendo said, I just looked at the list and half of those films are not in English. That is a bit surprising. Regarding what Rax said, here are my very short thoughts about Lumet. I think he is a director who is remembered as someone who d...

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Hi guys! I was having some fun today and I made my top 30 of all time. What is interesting about this list is that I ranked them from my favourite to my least favourite. Definitely check out the list guys and I'm looking forward to your thoughts if you have some! 1. Apocalypse Now (1979; Francis For...

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Rest in peace Gene Hackman. One of the greatest actors of all time.

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Hi guys. I hope you are doing well. This is my first post this year. I haven't seen anything in the last couple of weeks of the last year. I started this year very slowly as well, seeing only 6 films in January. 1. Casino (1995; Martin Scorsese) 10/10 Definitely one of my 3 favourite Scorsese films....

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Hail, Caesar! is the only one of those I've seen. I don't remember it at all, having only seen it once 6 years ago, but according to myself back then, I liked it: Pretty good. I'd rank in "Good" in my 4 Coen Brothers categories. The meeting with the various religious leaders was by far th...

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I saw three films I haven't seen before and I had two rewatches. 89. Cold Pursuit (2019; Hans Petter Moland) 7/10 This film seems to be some kind of satire of revenge films. Liam Neeson is in a leading role, of course. The film has that wintery/snowy atmosphere and a dark sense of humor, which is wh...

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Hi guys. I saw 8 more films in the meantime. 81. Nostalghia (1983; Andrei Tarkovsky) 10/10 I watched this for the third time. It is one of the most poetic, profound, elusive and poignant films of all time. I love this movie. 82. Dune: Part Two (2024; Denis Villeneuve) 9/10 I rewatched this and it is...

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I'm back with more films. 75. Ran (1985) Probably my favourite Kurosawa film. Definitely in my top 10 of all time. Seen it 6 times already. Just magnificent compositions from Kurosawa. 76. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) It is a great visual spectacle, with good story and some likeable ...

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More leftovers. 69. Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) It was great seeing these two characters together. Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman did a great job. Really enjoyable stuff. 70. Godzilla Minus One (2023) It was very good. It had a better story and characters than the American ones, but visually spe...

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Hi guys. I hope you are doing fine. I saw some films. 63. The Other Guys (2010) Great buddy cop comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. Mark Wahlberg was fantastic; one of the best performances you'll ever see in this kind of comedic film. I did notice that director of this film, Adam McKay,...

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85. Passengers (2016) - A good movie buried within a bad movie, or maybe a bad movie buried within a good movie, not sure which. It was kind of like 3 separate movie ideas, and although they were blended together pretty well, only one of them was handled decently; the other two were handled quite p...

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84. Pig (2021) - Excellent. I'd heard lots of good stuff, and I see why. Overall just a very solid film; with a great atmosphere, great cinematography, great performances, and great themes. It does a mostly good job of giving exposition subtly without dumping it on you, though there were a couple d...

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More from me. 58. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) 8/10 Rewatch. It's a 4-hour film that is entertaining from start to finish. Just very good visuals, action sequences, characters, humor, emotional moments. Really enjoyable stuff. 59. FLCL: Grunge (2023) 8/10 I was one of the few who really liked...

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Sorry for the late reply, guys. To Gendo: Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Tim Burton. Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish are also my favourite Burton films, so that's a nice coincidence. To Rax: I agree with you that 80's weren't that bad. It's just that the 90's were so much better IMO. So many f...

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You have a lot of names on that list that I'm not familiar with. If I made such a list, it would probably include a couple more "mainstream" names such as Zemeckis. Zemeckis would be a great choice. I should rewatch some of his films at some point. By the way, Gendo, I had been meaning to...

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Just wanted to share something with you, guys. I finally made a list of my favourite directors of all time. There are 20 names on the list. Here it is: Wong Kar-wai Terrence Malick Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa Martin Scorsese Andrei Tarkovsky Christopher Nolan Quentin Tarantino Hayao Miyazaki Joel...

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Hi guys. I saw some new things and had one rewatch. 51. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) 8/10 Very good film with good atmosphere and an excellent performance from young Jodie Foster. It was interesting how her character refused to conform to 'rules' created by society. 52. Vampyr (193...

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I saw 4 new films and I rewatched 2 Nolan films. 45. Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) 7/10 It was really nice revisiting these two characters, these two goofballs, brilliantly played by the legendary Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. I really liked their time-travel shenanigans. And, of course, it w...

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71. Oppenheimer (2023) - Awesome movie. Pretty much lives up to its high reputation. I didn't know it was possible for a biopic comprised of almost nothing but dialogue could be so intense and exciting throughout. A lot of the film felt like it was the climax in the energy it had. It reminded me of...

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Even though he was never even nominated for an Oscar, he will always be remembered as a legend. Rest in peace, Donald Sutherland.

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I don't think I knew him, but it is comforting to see that I'm not the only one who prefers Diamonds are Forever to On Her Majesty's Secret Service. I also see that he put Jackie Brown above Pulp Fiction, as I did (assuming he saw Pulp Fiction, anyway). He saw Pulp Fiction and he loved it. It was h...

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60. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - I think it was just fine. The action/fights were a noticeable improvement over the previous one, even if the plot was a bit more boring heist film.. up until the last act, anyway. The multiple Blofelds thing was silly but fun. It was a somewhat strange transition f...

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Thanks for sharing, Gendo. I'm really happy for you. You have many more fantastic films to see, to experience for the first time. For example, I see that you've seen Spartacus (1960) for the first time. I'm glad you liked it, because Stanley Kubrick is one of my three favourite directors of all time...

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Thanks a lot for checking out the list, Rax. And for sharing what you haven't seen. I see that you haven't seen three insanely popular films: Heat (1995), The Usual Suspects (1995) and Léon: The Professional (1994). But I'm sure you will someday. Thanks again and I wish you all the best.

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I think I'm finishing a list of my favourite films of all time, guys. There are currently 145 films on the list. I would certainly be interested to hear your comments, guys, or at least how many have you seen. Here is the list: Apocalypse Now (1979) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Barry Lyndon (1975) Days ...

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Okay. So I've seen only 9 films in the last two months. 36. A Hidden Life (2019) 9/10 Rewatch. A beautiful film about an Austrian man who refused to fight for the Nazis in the war. I just love Malick's ethereal style. 37. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 9.5/10 This is still ...

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Hi guys. I'm back after 2 months. I hope you are all doing well. Here are my leftovers from March: 26. Perfect Days (2023) 8/10 A Japanese film directed by Wenders which celebrates simplicity and tranquility of life, as well as meaningful encounters with people. It was very good. 27. Howl's Moving C...

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That is great! It sounds like this was an experience you'll remember for the rest of your life. I'm really happy for you.

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Raxivace wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:17 am I mean holy fuck. Holy shit. Wow.

I'm happy for you, Rax. I'm glad you had a great time watching one of your favourite films on the big screen.

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I think I actually prefer Reloaded to the original tbh. The meta-stuff I think is really strong here and the idea of ideological control provides a very Metal Gear Solid 2-esque recontextualization of the already strong original Matrix. For Revolutions, I like the Neo vs. Smith fight a lot but as a...

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Hi guys. I'm back after a long time. I've seen very little. I had 7 rewatches. 19. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) I still think it's one of ten greatest films of all time. Amazing achievement in directing. 20. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Third time seeing this. It is a very good opera of dar...

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And now, lets move on to more important things. Rax, congratulations on your incredible achievement! I can't believe you now have 5000 titles rated on imdb! I'm really happy for you! You have certainly seen a lot in your life, and you are still young. And just a quick comparison to my ratings: I hav...

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For Full Metal Jacket, do you think they still have their individuality by the end of the movie? I kinda view that last shot of them singing the Mickey Mouse theme as being finally broken and subsumed by the war. I don't know myself. I remember once reading someone's analysis of that final scene an...

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I had 4 rewatches and 2 new viewings. 13. Full Metal Jacket (1987; Stanley Kubrick) This is still a timeless masterpiece and one of three greatest war films of all time. I think the second act still isn't fully appreciated. It really shows how these soldiers kept their individuality, even after goin...

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Here is my brilliant comment on this year's Super Bowl: I love Taylor Swift and she is my everything.
Yeah. That's my brilliant comment.

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I'm happy for you, Gendo. I really am. And I'm glad you're excited.

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I saw only 8 films more. 5. Violent Cop (1989; Takeshi Kitano) Rewatch. This is a film that is violent, bloody and funny. Very good stuff. 6. Inherent Vice (2014; Paul Thomas Anderson) Rewatch. It combines neo-noir with stoner comedies. Sort of like The Big Lebowski. It was very good. 7. Barry Lyndo...

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12. A Scanner Darkly (2006) - So good! Super visually interesting; I've seen some rotoscoping before, but never anything quite like this. The style really worked well with the story itself as well, giving the whole thing a very surreal feel. Robert Downey Jr was excellent, and the dialogue was both...

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7. Planet Terror (2007) - Great stuff. Rodriguez blends the action, comedy, and horror genres together really well. The effects were really good, and the characters were all quite enjoyable to watch. That Tarantino scene was just so over-the-top awful in the best way... reminds me of Riki-Oh: The S...

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