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Movies & TV

What

This is a list of movies and TV I've seen, a brief rating and a brief review of them and my thoughts about the movie. If there are additional details I want to include about a movie it is listed too.

Movies

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Rating: 3.9/5

Review: A live action Disney film from 1954 that uses almost no animated effects. Personally, I thought the film had some rather heavy and dark themes that make it something both adults and kids could enjoy. I appreciate the Captain of the Nautilus being a rather complex character that can be viewed as both villain and hero.

It's a hell of a lot better than most Disney films, especially modern ones.

Amadeus

Rating: 4.4/5

Review: An interesting fictional historical drama that pits Mozart against Salieri. It's a completely fictional rivalry, but it presents it as one of such a believable jealousy and envy between the two that it's quite engaging.

As an aside, this movie opened my eyes up to Opera, and so since watching it, I've seen a few Operas before and they are quite spectacular.

Army of Darkness

Rating: 3.6/5

Review: TODO

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Rating: 3.4/5

Review: It's ok. The entire movie is basically an over the top, comedic, American interpretation of the British, done as a parody of James Bond movies which were especially big at the time. Note, this is the 1st Austin powers movie.

Austin Powers: The Spy who shagged me

Rating: 3.2/5

Review: A sequel to the first Austin powers. It's ok, but a lot of the jokes are reruns of previous jokes in the 1st movie. I'm not a big fan of it.

Barry Lyndon

Rating: 4.5/5

Review: Stanley Kubrick's black sheep film. Poorly received on release, but covers the life and actions of Barry and his fall from social grace. Exceptional lighting, and exceptionally shot scenes- all natural lighting which apart from amateur films, has not been replicated since in a professional film, netting it a unique aesthetic.

Blade Runner

Rating: 4.8/5

Review: Story is simple, and easy to understand, but focuses much more on the emotions and aesthetic. Allows the viewer to really soak in the atmosphere of the movie. The music and visual effects are exceptional for the time.

Quintessential cyberpunk and android film. Financial box-office flop on release. Vangelis' music, Ridley Scott's directing, Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"'s inspiration and the acting of Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford make this movie lightning in a bottle.

Like... Tears. In the rain.

Fiery the angels fell;
deep thunder rolled around their shores;
burning with the fires of Orc

Blade Runner 2049

Rating: 3.6/5

Review: Story is good, the ending is a bit lacklustre. It connects to the original Blade Runner in a satisfying way. The pacing is worse than the original Blade Runner. The music is exceptional as could be expected.

Clockwork Orange

Rating: 4/5



The King's Speech

Rating: 3.8/5

Review: A movie about the abdication from the throne of Edward 8th, and the rise to the throne of King George the 6th. King George has a stammer, so it focuses a lot on speech therapy. It's an unusual subject, but I can appreciate the subject as I have had speech issues when I was a child.

The Plea

Rating: 3.5/5

Oh God! I cannot see anymore graves.
Show me something else, good and joyous.

A short film, where a narrator speaks and nobody voices, but the facial emotions and camera work shows the dialogue- almost strange and dreamlike how this poem works to make this. It is a story of conflict between 2 clans- lost honour, and impossible guests.


As it's an avant-garde film, it's not a movie I would recommend to people.

Withnail and I

Rating: 5/5

Trainspotting

Rating: 4.9/5

TV

Breaking Bad

Rating: 4.5/5

Review: Excellent cinematography. It starts off a little slow, but the stakes increase a lot. I am happy it was given a definitive ending.

Watched all of it: Yes

Better call Saul

Rating: 4/5

Review: Not as good as Breaking bad and doomed to comparison. It's like Ace Attorney if it was darker. It picked up a little bit after 3 seasons and has satisfying tie ins to Breaking Bad, but ultimately the ending was very dissatisfying. The ending does not make logical sense.

Watched all of it: Yes

Firefly

Rating: 3/5

Review: It starts off very slow. Slow enough I put it down after 2 episodes. However some day... I'll return to it and watch it all. It has the same promising quality as Cowboy Bebop

Watched all of it: Some

Cartoons

Samurai Jack

TODO

Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TODO

Anime

Attack on Titan

TODO

Castlevania

TODO

Cowboy Bebop

TODO

D-Gray Man

TODO

Death Note

TODO

One Punch Man

TODO

Serial Experiments Lain

TODO