Great artsyle but I hated the sound design and the story was painfully cliche at times. None of the Turtles had any actual personality and a lot of the scenes felt awkwardly written (like when April finds out they're turtles).
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Anatomy of a Murder 1959
The opening hour is a slog but it's worth it since every second in the courtroom was amazing
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Kung Fu Panda 3 2016
Very uneventful first half leads to most of the plot threads and character development being undercooked. Nothing is earned. The villain is unremarkable outside of a cool musical theme.
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Steve Jobs 2015
Very messy with the amount of dynamics going on in every conversation but still good thanks to Sorkin's dialogue. Weirdly sappy at the end but the moment was earned by the film. Feel like I will enjoy it more on a rewatch
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Marie Antoinette 2006
Lots of flaws (some terrible audio mixing and ADR, rushed second half) but the main goal of the film was to garner sympathy for Marie Antoinette and that completely worked for me. Kirsten Dunst is excellent
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My Neighbor Totoro 1988
It's pretty cool how contrary to most Ghibli movies I've seen so far, this has a "staying of age" message. Utterly aimless in the best and worst ways.
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Oppenheimer 2023
Christopher Nolan didn’t just make a good movie, he made an amazing one. The first two hours are this brilliant blend of a thriller and a classic biopic and the last hour is a backstabbing court drama nearly on par with The Social Network (2010). Cillian Murphy is as good as you expect but Robert Downey Jr really stole the show in every scene he is in. To put into perspective how good this is, the bomb moment isn’t even…