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Christopher Nolan as a filmmaker is one of the greatest of all time, he's an auteur who is completely dedicated to the medium of film. He is dedicated to the theatrical experience while creating huge stories that have thematic resonance, visual authenticity and a sense of spectacle. He has consistently made some of the greatest films of his generation, always interested in different types of films, genres and stories. Oppenheimer is another example of one of his movies…
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The Batman is a sprawling, epic detective story. Rain soaked, dark, moody, bleak and oppressive in its atmosphere. The character means an awful lot to me ever since I first watched and became utterly obsessed with Batman: The Animated Series as a child and in a post-Christopher Nolan world this is everything I wanted from a Batman movie. While The Dark Knight was Christopher Nolan being massively influenced by Heat and grounded the story in the real world,…
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is even worse than the last movie in the series which I thought was a colossal failure but they somehow outdo themselves. This is a prime example of a franchise existing entirely because film executives decided it would be a good idea to milk a beloved property dry to extract every last dollar they could from it. The previous film was bogged down with subplots and characters that didn't matter with appalling…
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I actually didn't hate the first film in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, I thought it was nice to revisit a world and mythology from my childhood that I loved while being far removed from the original story that it couldn't do too much damage to retrospectively worsen it through changes in already established lore. The biggest criticism I aimed at it was that it was weightless and a little inconsequential but I had a decent amount of fun…
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Taxi Driver is a masterpiece. It's one of the greatest films ever made and it truly is one of man's greatest accomplishments. Every single time I watch it, it just does something to me and nothing else can make me feel the way Taxi Driver makes me feel. It's a completely unique film and a unique experience that has never, or will ever be matched, equalled or rivalled. No matter what, I know I can always watch this…
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Whiplash is quite simply one of the greatest films of the decade and with each passing year after its release, my appreciation for it just grows. I remember very vividly hearing about the hype for the film. I heard the premise and that it was "one of the most intense films ever" and I just couldn't understand how a story about a Jazz drummer and his demanding, abusive teacher could even be compelling yet alone intense. Within minutes,…
