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Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Plane go fast
Top Gun: Maverick is beautiful because of how unashamedly simple it was. It does notntry to tell you anything or trying to reinvent the action blockbuster formula or trying to be different and experimental. No, all its trying to do is to simply entertain you. There is no lesson to learn or imagery to dissect. It is simply: plane go fast, plane shoot thing, big boom. And for that I judge this film based on pure entertainment value alone. And of course. It was awesome. The plane flying sequrnce is easily the best part. The character drama is simple and cheesy, but this is no "Heat" and it doesn't trying to be "Heat" so I don't really mind it. It's kinda of lovely actually seeing the film so uncaring of the obvious tropes and cliche it's using imo.
So overall? Yeah it'd pretty good I'd say. Set your expectations correctly is all I will say.
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Hahahahahahaha no
Maybe not a good idea to watch th
hroughout the day instead of my usual one viewing but I don't really care, because I do not respect this film, I do admire certain aspect of it though, the set design is absolutely incredible as well as the cinematography which is very creative, the film also look very pretty and visually interesting and the film story does captivate me. The problem is that this is fetishization. This film, directed by a white American guy, adapted from a book from get this, another white American guy. None of this is authentic at all. And then it gets funnier because the characters are Japanese but they speak in English. Of course this pretty trivial stuff, Amadeus also had character speak in English, even the actor for Mozart and Salieri -Tom Hulce and Murray Abraham are American. The problem is that the character English sucks so much (maybe hired American-Japanese actor, just an idea), combine with the laughable dialogue oh my god, it's a wonder, I think i have never cringe at the dialouge this hard ever before. Yeah bro screw this film and screw Arthur Golden. If not for the beautiful set design, cinematography and some of the performance, this would be a easy 2 star.
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Would've been a lot better if it weren't so ugly
Digital filmmaking and it's consequences. You know while watching this I think a lot about Damien Chazelle and his works, mainly La La Land in particular. Because it's so...alive! Every scene is visually interesting and creative, each colors has a meaning and represent something. It's so expressive and meticulously arranged. It's beautiful but never overwhelming to your eyes.
Why do I talk about La La Land in the first paragraph? Because I felt Marvel film is the absolute oppesite it. The frame always look so gray and dull, one could argue they are trying to be 'realistic' but why should it be? The world Whiplash (again, Damien Chazelle) basically mirrors ours, but the entire film is in this yellow tint filler, and it works! Every scene is elevated by the colors, it's more intense and stressful. Here in the MCU, we have literally God's and monster and magic and parellel universe, why shouldn't the coloring be wacky and exaggerated? I mean just look at the first few MCU film, Avenger 1 in particular, I mean sure the lighting is terrible, but its so vibrant and really captures that whimsical comic book vibe.
But enough yapping about colors, is this film good beside its technical qualities? Yes, this I'd Marvel at their most morally ambiguous. Here Steve and Tony is divided between letting superheroes be controlled by the government or let them continue working above the law. Neither Tony or Steve is wrong or right. Also it's one of the few MCU film to talk the aftermath of the battle, the battle in New York (though I will say the fact that it has less death then 9/11 is kinda funny), the S. H. I. E. L. D headquarter crashing down in Washington. It shows consequences of superheroes.
Basically Civil excels in its storytelling and characterization, but its lighting and color is just so soulless and drab. I should not be thinking about All Quiet At The Western Front when watching Ant Man 3.
Amadeus (1984)
Perfect amount of notes
Favorite film of all time: #3
The most interesting aspect though about Amadeus is the perspective it is told from. The entire life of Mozart, all his highs and lows, are told from Salieri, his 'biggest' rival. When see Salieri recounting his life, we can see that Salieri is a very religious man. Ever since he was a kid, he has always wanting to be a great composer. He prayed for God (and inadvertently caused his father death) Salieri remain his faithfulness to god even later on when he is apart of the royal family, teaching music to the literal emporor of Vienna, he stay away from lustful thoughts and activities, he aims to be a good man by teaching music to people for free. Surely God, such a shining example of virtue and faithfulness, will bless Salieri music talent beyond human? But God said nah, and instead decide to mock and humiliate him
He instead 'blessed' Mozart, the same man Salieri saw messing around, making inappropriate jokes and just being a fool in their first encounter. But Salieri let him cook. He look at the music sheet Mozart...and it was heaven, so simple yet so utterly fantastic, the music is alive, and Salieri is dancing with it.
But he starts to question: This arrogant, narcissistic, childish man get to be the voice of while he is force to be belittle, to feel inferior and mediocre, while witness such incredible talent at display so wasted by a man not using it to its fullest potential. Why not him?????? There's no other way, God is mocking him, God has to. And so from then on he turn against God and aims to destroy Mozart...
You see the issue here right? We are letting a man who hates Mozart, who quite literally pray for Mozart downfall, who takes joy in something as simple as seeing people yawn at Mozart's oschestra. Yet throughout the film we see Salieri admiration (even to the point of obession) for Mozart. He goes to every single one of Mozart's ochestra, he gave Mozart finance whenever he's broke because Mozart is a hedonistic idiot who's terrible at finances. When Mozart is basically at the verge of death due to exhaustion (again, a hedonistic idiot) Salieri bring him home, give him extra money, and willing to help Mozart finishing his piece. (Mozart even thanks Salieri for his support) What a guy.
Basically we are seeing the story of Mozart through the perspective of a man who admired, despised, and obsessed with him. So throughout the film we constantly asked ourselves: Is Salieri purposefully exaggerates the story? Is he telling the truth? It makes for a really interesting watching experience as we thinking about the validity and reliability of Salieri.
This very aspect of Salieri's biased perspective even works on a meta context. There are many inaccuracies in the story. An interesting two fact is that real life Salieri never take a vow of chasity. In fact, he even had a wife and cheated on her! And Mozart was never an alchoholic. However what I think is that Salieri knew, so he is lying to the priest. He wants the priest to think that Salieri and Mozart are two completely opposite people. It's also no coincidence that in the Bible, being drunk and unfaithful to your wife are considered sins.
Tenet (2020)
Nolan's deranged masterpiece
Let's be real here. This film has MANY MANY FLAWS. The dialogue is bad, the sound mixing is weird and bizarre, it is too complicated for its own good, and doesn't even try to explain anything to the viewer and characterization...What is that? Know with all these massive obvious flaws that I named, why did I think this film was so great to give it a 9?
Look at all the flaws I mention, don't you think it's a bit similar? Dunkirk - lack of characterization, Inception and Memento - complicated, Interstellar- weird sound mixing. All of these flaws I mention are often the criticisms people have for his movies. So in my eyes, what Nolan did, was that he combined what people like him for the most with what people find problem with his filmmaking. So what do you do with this? Welp, as the film said it itself:
"Don't try to understand it, feel it" so what I did was that instead of trying to make sense of the movie, I just simply vibe with it, which results in a bizarre and fascinating watching experience. Of course, I don't expect many people to think about this movie the same way I did, but what I just want to say is that some movies, you have to watch a different way to understand it.
The Dark, Sad Life of Boogie2988 (2023)
Pretty good documentary with one little pet peeves I have
Terrific, I never realized how much of a scumbag Boogie is, really open my eyes to the kind of guy he is. To say he is narcissistic is an understatement.
The job interview section of the documentare in particular made me mad unbelievably. From his demeanor and attitude, to him constantly naming bad traits about him to waste both the job interviewer and his time. The part where he talks about woman as well, just really make him look like a misogynistic a-hole.
It was really well made and informative overall, however there's this one pet peeves I have. In the girl section where he talks about how he treats and think of woman, there's this one small shot of a girl in her underwear on top of Boogie. I'm sure they gotten her consent to show that but it just doesn't feel right for me.
Beside that it's a pretty great watch.
Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Chapters: Special 2 (2023)
My Kino...
The day has come fellow Attack On Titan-folks, the end to one of the greatest modern anime and one of my personal favorites of all time. We're been waiting patiently for how the story will end, it feels like forever since the last episode. And it was glorious all right. This anime sits alongside other legendary work of television like Dexter, and Games Of Throne. It was a journey that we will all remember, for 10 year at least.
I won't spoil anything of course, but there was a beautiful scene involved Reiner and Historia, it was in the background at the end, but when you see it, you shall shed a tear, for many reason, but mainly for this is truly one of the conclusion of all time...
The Flash: Heart of the Matter, Part 2 (2021)
Kino
I give up. This entire season has been mid with no really standout episode. But this...this is special.
Firstly, they bring back Reverse Flash, like for the 486th times now, a tradition here in the show. And he works with Barry to fight godspeed. Another finale where speedster run and the faster one win. That is what I thought and expected.
What I didn't expected is them pulling out LIGHTNING LIGHTSABER. Yes, LIGHTNING LIGHTSABER. Speedster could do that apparently. Now I am in awe, I could not believe this. This show is already dumb enough, now they not even double or triple, they're quadruple down now in the last few season
Do I like this? Do I hate this? I don't know. What I do know is that I just witnesss something truly beautiful
The real score is like a 4.
Death Note: Desu nôto (2006)
Should've end with L defeat
This show was so unbelievably peak. Light and L has an awesome dynamic and rivalry. My favorite part was the cat and mouse aspect of the show, how Light tries to make up distraction through the way his victim was killed, the way he kept overthink has action the same way L also overthink has action (the tennis scene was literally peak) and the tension from the fact that Light father is trying to find him (but he doesn't know it's Light). The characters is also awesome as well. Light is a genius but he has a massive god complex. He could've spread out his murder to make them less suspicious but it was his giant ego and God complex that give it away. L is also great, he an odd fella basically. The show was great
And then L was defeated
This show fumble in its second part. I don't like it as much as the first part. Honestly for the optimal viewing experience, you should just skip it. Bold I know
Part1: 97/100
Part 2: 66/100
Enjoyment: 95/100.
Seishun buta yaro wa Bunny Girl-senpai no yume wo minai (2018)
Sakuta is literally me
Shocker. Yall know, originally I watches this as joke because...BUNNY GIRLS SENPAI. And then after the 3rd episode, I was fully invested in story and decided to watch the entire show. And you can thank all of that to Sakuta
Sakuta is my favorite characters from this show. The girls is cool and all with their sturggles and stuff but Sakuta is truly something special: an interesting main character in this types of genre.
Typically when I watches similar anime, I don't care about the main male character who has the most uninteresting personality traits ever and just exist as a way for us to see one hot girls to the next. But Sakuta is actually interesting. He is unbelievably, painfully honest. To put it simply, he will say out things in his head, with no shame. Yes, talk about how much you want your girlfriend to sit on you on front of her younger sister. Honestly that and his personality was the main the reason I continued the show.
The show does kinda have a formula for it. Girl character have a magical stuff (relates to teenage struggles) and then the main character solve it and they like him. But again, Sakuta ensure us he is only loyal to one person, and that is Mai.
Futaba is best Girl btw.
Nanatsu no taizai (2014)
I too grope woman when they're unconscious
You see, assault it's funny because the character act very cute and dumb, like Meliodas be like: "Oopsie" after he touched Elizabeth's breast.
Honestly I don't know what to say, it's a pretty good Shonen I guess, the first few season is pretty good, even with all the 'stuff'I mention it has cool fight scene and hot girls, which is the only thing that matter in Shonen it seems.
And then it got weird once the loli stuff got involved. Argue me about whether this is weird or not, you can't deny that 1) Dint say that a baby is your wife and 2) this show fell of hard after season 3 with the infamous fight scene.
Yeah guys groping women is good 👍
53/100.
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (2019)
Slavery is a good thing
In this anime, the main girl - Raphtalia, is a bought slave, and our main character - Naofumi aims to take care of her, give her food and clothes and train her and stuff.
Some people think it's okay because he does nice thing to her, but I'll say that giving a slave a luxurious item still makes you a slave owner, you just gave the slave a nice thing.
Now let me ask you this: This is a world filled with magic and mystic art, and many people like mages learnt to create things using said magical elements. Why do slave exist? Just create some magical thing that do things for you.
Yeah the show is pretty okay, second season is actual trash
S1: 6/10
S2: 4/10.
Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019)
Zenitsu is the worst thing that has ever created in this anime
I hate Zenitsu, I HATE HIM, he is not funny, acting like a crybaby is not funny at all, how could Japanese fan of this show like him?????
Not to mention he is such a static characters. Maybe it's not a good idea to make one if the trio main characters doesn't development much over the course of the story. Does Zenitsu learnt a new skill? Does he learnt to be more brave? Does his personality subtly change? No, none at all, he is a badly written character oh my God
Also can anyone explain his sleeping mechanics? When he asleep, he can still talk, he is able to be aware of his surroundings while being you know, SLEEPING like Jesus christ.
Show is cool, fight scene and animation is cool, Zenitsu is not.
7/10.
DARLING in the FRANXX (2018)
Zero Two so cute. I like Zero Two so much. I wanna marry Zero Two
Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime that definitely marked a before and after in Japanese animation. Without a doubt, despite being released in the 90s, it is one of the biggest references in anime to date.
The virtues of Evangelion can be evaluated in various areas, from animation, narrative, symbolism, and references
When talking about animation, during its 26 episodes it maintains its quality by giving first-rate animation both in the epic showing girls' breast and when presenting the daily routine, even though they had a reduced budget in some chapters they were able to turn that limitation into a virtue, something which is mainly mentioned in the final 2 episodes
On the other hand, the narrative is just perfect. On the one hand, it maintains a simple and even slow start so that the user can relate to the story and combine it with the action in a perfect way. However, as the plot progresses with each episode we can see that it is not only a typical robot anime, but that the psychology and stories of each character combine to present a story full of intrigue and surprises.
Finally, the symbolisms and references to culture and religion (Anno said he just put it in becasue he think its cool btw) are present from the first second, which is why it is a good idea to watch the anime more than once. In short, it is an anime that leaves nothing to chance, every little detail and dialogue are essential to understand and appreciate this work of animation.