Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding
24 February 2020
How to Train Your Dragon 3
How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World is gorgeous. It is no wonder everyone is saying it's the best animated movie of the year. It really is an incredible achievement. It isn't my favorite animated film this year, but it is way up there. I really liked this. I suppose here is the place where it is worth saying, also, that Toy Story 4 winning the Oscar is a true travesty. Toy Story 4 was unimaginative, stupid, and boringly sentimental. How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World is the correct way to do a sequel. What a beautiful film!
23 February 2020
Klaus
I loved the animation in Klaus, and this is a heartwarming Christmas movie with a lovely plot and lots of good jokes. The little Sámi character who speaks only Sámi and is played by a Sámi actress is an interesting kick in the teeth to anyone who defended Frozen II's colonialist fantasy. This film might be a little scary for kids. There are lots of knives and axes.
19 February 2020
Toy Story 4
I was not able to resist the tears that Toy Story 4 wanted me to cry. But I am impervious to enjoying this kind of sentimental stuff. There are jokes in this movie; I just didn't they were very funny. Keanu Reeves is a bright spot in Toy Story 4, but mostly I was not into this.
In addition, the fact that this won Best Animate Feature of 2019 over I Lost My Body and How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World and Klaus is legitimately insane.
In addition, the fact that this won Best Animate Feature of 2019 over I Lost My Body and How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World and Klaus is legitimately insane.
11 February 2020
Antarctic Journal (2005)
I watched Antarctic Journal (남극일기) for my unseen movie club. We watched it because Bong Joon-ho wrote it (though he did not direct) and because Song Kang-ho was its star. This is a strange far-end-of-the-word men-losing-their-minds movie, and I really liked it.There is this totally bizarre eye imagery throughout that really is never resolved, but I was sort of into that. Park Hee-soon is excellent.
06 February 2020
Love Those Two Popes
03 February 2020
Dolemite Is My Name
01 February 2020
2019 in Review
LOVED
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1. Pain & Glory
2. 1917
3. Parasite
4. End of the Century 5. Monos
6. Marriage Story
7. Honey Boy
8. I Lost My Body
9. Transit
10. An Elephant Sitting Still
11. Booksmart
REALLY LIKED
~ ~
12. Once upon a Time... in Hollywood
13. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
14. Dolemite Is My Name
15. Synonyms
16. How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World
17. Uncut Gems
18. Waves
19. Les Misérables
20. Woman at War
21. Atlantics
22. Rocketman
23. Dogman
24. Hustlers
25. Diamantino
Ash Is Purest White
Knife+Heart
The Farewell
The Two Popes
A Hidden Life
Klaus
The Chambermaid
Weathering with You
Socrates
Rafiki
The Heiresses
LIKED
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The Lighthouse
Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker
By the Grace of God
Invisible Life
Judy
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Frozen II
Ad Astra
Bombshell
Birds of Passage
Richard Jewell
The White Crow
High Life
Knives Out
LIKED MORE THAN I DISLIKED
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Midsommar
The King
Jojo Rabbit
Shadow
Long Day's Journey into Night
"I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians"
The Command
Avengers: Endgame
BARELY LIKED MORE THAN I DISLIKED
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The Beach Bum
Little Women
Missing Link
Joker
Harriet
Toy Story 4
Cats
Ford v Ferrari
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
The Irishman
DISLIKED
~ ~
The Report
Breakthrough
Better Days
Fighting with My Family
The Souvenir
HATED
~ ~
Climax
COMPLETE AND TOTAL WASTE OF TIME
~ ~
The Lion King
Her Smell
~ ~
1. Pain & Glory
2. 1917
3. Parasite
4. End of the Century 5. Monos
6. Marriage Story
7. Honey Boy
8. I Lost My Body
9. Transit
10. An Elephant Sitting Still
11. Booksmart
REALLY LIKED
~ ~
12. Once upon a Time... in Hollywood
13. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
14. Dolemite Is My Name
15. Synonyms
16. How to Train Your Dragon: the Hidden World
17. Uncut Gems
18. Waves
19. Les Misérables
20. Woman at War
21. Atlantics
22. Rocketman
23. Dogman
24. Hustlers
25. Diamantino
Ash Is Purest White
Knife+Heart
The Farewell
The Two Popes
A Hidden Life
Klaus
The Chambermaid
Weathering with You
Socrates
Rafiki
The Heiresses
LIKED
~ ~
The Lighthouse
Star Wars: the Rise of Skywalker
By the Grace of God
Invisible Life
Judy
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Frozen II
Ad Astra
Bombshell
Birds of Passage
Richard Jewell
The White Crow
High Life
Knives Out
LIKED MORE THAN I DISLIKED
~ ~
Midsommar
The King
Jojo Rabbit
Shadow
Long Day's Journey into Night
"I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians"
The Command
Avengers: Endgame
BARELY LIKED MORE THAN I DISLIKED
~ ~
The Beach Bum
Little Women
Missing Link
Joker
Harriet
Toy Story 4
Cats
Ford v Ferrari
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
The Irishman
DISLIKED
~ ~
The Report
Breakthrough
Better Days
Fighting with My Family
The Souvenir
HATED
~ ~
Climax
COMPLETE AND TOTAL WASTE OF TIME
~ ~
The Lion King
Her Smell
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