Sydneyđ has written 215 reviews for films during 2022.
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish 2022
This was so enjoyable itâs making me want to say some cringe mom shit like âwhere do i sign up to be on team friendship!!â
Proved me wrong every time i thought its tropes would annoy me, the action is so anime oh my god, and White Noise was found dead in a ditch after how this depicted existential dread I fear. I was so obsessed with Puss in Boots as a kid so Iâm very happy the character gets to continue being awesome.
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Babylon 2022
Still unsure of how to articulate my thoughts on this so am just gonna spitball until i maybe see it again. when I read 5 star reviews I agree, when I read .5 star reviews I agree. I didnât hate watching it (it is unfocused and consequentially too long though), Chazelle is obviously a more than capable technical filmmaker, and it has some of the best scenes of the year. I also think it was kind of built on anâŚ
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Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
Can confirm the story plays out better the second time. Itâs crazy how many small details you can fail to catch when there is This Much Movie. Every time Kiri does anything I want to cry
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War of the Worlds 2005
Maybe the best that an alien invasion or apocalypse movie has captured the mass terror, uncertainty, panic, and claustrophobia that an event like this would bring. One of my favorite directorial efforts from Spielberg if only because he so masterfully elevates material that would be painfully average and even bad in another directorâs hands, creating an experience and imagery that has been seared into my brain since I first saw it as a kid - bodies floating down a river, aâŚ
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White Noise 2022
Sanest people in Ohio fr
I think thereâs a masterpiece somewhere in White Noise, itâs got Noah Baumbachâs stealthy direction, Danny Elfmanâs score (SO GOOD), and Lol Crawleyâs cinematography that knows exactly what to do with this blend of genres/visceral themes. But itâs WAY too long and there are like 5 acts in here, all of them interesting but not fully flowing because the script is just barely too obscure. I havenât read the book but can tell itâs probablyâŚ
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Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
itâs not often a movie will make me cry just by existing but seeing this in 3D after not having seen anything in 3D in a decade was pretty magical and overwhelming. Thereâs no debate about the quality of these effects anymore, theyâre so seamless you forget to even wonder if theyâre not. Cameron does go bigger and more complex, in a way that I think will benefit from a second viewing. Itâs not gonna win a screenplayâŚ
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Cinema Paradiso 1988
Nothing lasts forever but love - and cinema will live on because cinema is love :)
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Violent Night 2022
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Maybe the most Iâve seen a crowd laugh this year? With a healthy dose of âoh shitâ. Completely delivers on being vulgar and violent, with of course some Die Hard and Home Alone tributes, but big Nobody energy too. It doesnât deliver on being 90 minutes though, and if youâre gonna take time away from David Harbour bashing peopleâs heads in, the subplot better be some damn good cinema (spoiler alert: itâs not). I had a good time. Iâll probably show it to my dad.