The absolute worst kind of remake, where decisions donât really come from a place of creative inspiration but from an effort to not be too much like the original. So, exactly what I expected out of a 2006 remake of The Omen directed by John Moore
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
Pretentious garbage. You guys are really digging deep trying to say you enjoy this or even watched it growing up. As if anyone would believe you. Iâm gonna go watch Finding Nemo
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King Kong 2005
Certain scenes in this film are permanently seared into my brain from watching as a kid, and to this day it is the gargantuan spectacle that we deserve out of a Kong movie. The wilderness of Skull Island and the commotion of NYC are painted with the same brush, both unforgiving death traps depending on whoâs walking in. The runtime is exhausting for sure, I would gladly sacrifice a couple of the Skull Island thrills to get it under 3âŚ
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Death Proof 2007
HAHA this did not go how I thought it would. Stunt woman world domination is now. Happy birthday Quentin you sick fuck, Iâve officially seen all your movies
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Kong: Skull Island 2017
Hitting this with a 4 not only because I think I might love it but from where Iâm sitting itâs the only monsterverse movie really worth a damn. A real deal adventure blockbuster that actually feels like it is looking at its creatures with humble awe, and at humans with a healthy amount of disgust. I wasnât the least bit surprised to read that Jordan Vogt-Roberts drew from Miyazaki, but add in Apocalyse Now, classic Kong elements, Cannibal Holocaust (?!) andâŚ
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The Wolf Man 1941
It is so clear to me that the wolf man is the best universal classic monster, and that werewolves in general are underappreciated. I always felt excluded from vampire fever but as my frontal lobe develops i am slowly freed by the realization that I was a werewolf all along. The werewolf era is coming. Save us Leigh Whannell save us!!!!!
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King Kong 1933
Movie magic! I really donât know if weâve gotten a version of this classic Kong story that I love, but cool to imagine the sweeping spectacle this was for the time. And it still is a sight to behold! Absolutely insane quote:
âSay, I guess I love youâ
âWhy, Jack! You hate women!â
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Sting 2024
You know what⌠on one hand this was the clunky/generic stuff I expected, but on the other hand the whole end is trying to do Alien/Aliens and it doesnât completely fail so I respect that. Not everyone will recognize your game, Sting (that name is a cool reference, too). None of the characters are all that likeable and it gets very tonally confused on its mission to B movie status, but at least thereâs something going on here (read: clearly inspired by moviesâŚ
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Problemista 2023
Problemista! A movie that delivered on all the chaotic whimsy I fell in love with from the trailer, but surprised me in so many ways. A hilarious and necessarily honest depiction of the US immigrant experience as death by a thousand needless, counterintuitive paper cuts, but Julio Torres threads it into something so insistently optimistic through Alejandroâs relationship with Tilda Swintonâs Elizabeth. Two people who couldnât be more different, but might only be truly understood by each other. Two littleâŚ
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Godzilla vs. Kong 2021
What the fuckđ
Iâm actually laughing. The slow-mo. The real recognizing real. The POV shots. The unnecessary side plots. Love Kong so much. Not rateable -
I Like Movies 2022
âCan you make your face into another faceâ or âI just spent the whole day with your fucking interestsâÂ
Aww so good. Love when the main character is genuinely shitty and has to learn a little lesson. Donât we all. This kid and the kid from Funny Pages (another great movie) would be the greatest crossover in history. A cinephileâs dream of references in here, they go see Punch Drunk Love!