Letterboxd 4v3r4n crustbag https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/ Letterboxd - crustbag Popstar 4e745 Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/popstar-never-stop-never-stopping/ letterboxd-review-914133757 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:05:28 +1200 2025-06-12 Yes Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 2016 3.5 341012 <![CDATA[

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One of my favorite mockumentary bits is when real musicians and celebrities give really heartfelt testimonies over the dumbest made-up shit

It literally never gets old lmao

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Audition 4k42 1999 - ★★★ (contains spoilers) https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/audition/ letterboxd-review-913372069 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:05:03 +1200 2025-06-11 No Audition 1999 3.0 11075 <![CDATA[

This review may contain spoilers.

No offense but I feel like they wrote 3 different endings to this movie, couldn’t pick which one they should use, so they just threw them all in at the end in a weird hallucinatory dream(?)

I both totally enjoy it AND think it’s kinda sloppy lmao

Also I enjoy a slow burn, but only when I don’t know where it’s going. And unfortunately if you’ve seen the poster for this movie & know it’s labeled as “horror” then you’re just kinda waiting around for an hour and a half. I still enjoyed it, there was a lot of layers to everything and definitely moments of brilliance! But I think reflecting on this movie is significantly more intriguing than actually watching it.

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Talk to Me 4c485 2022 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers) https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/talk-to-me-2022/ letterboxd-review-912538685 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:46:56 +1200 2025-06-09 Yes Talk to Me 2022 4.0 1008042 <![CDATA[

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Watching someone try to pull out their own eye is unpleasant :(

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Ichi the Killer 2l2q3e 2001 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/ichi-the-killer/ letterboxd-review-912536688 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 19:41:06 +1200 2025-06-10 No Ichi the Killer 2001 3.5 9696 <![CDATA[

I’ve never seen a cum title card before, pure cinema

Extremely sadomasochistic and perverted, the editing is bizarre, its depictions of women feel super mean-spirited, and the CGI (although rare) is abysmal. BUT it’s good still…? Idk how to describe it. It revels in it’s sickness without shame in a way that’s so sure of itself that at a certain point you just buy into it. Not fully sure I understood what was happening at times, and laughed at moments that I think(?) were jokes…? I’m still not sure lmao

Shit’s wild man, I’ll leave it at that

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Pee 451q6h wee as Himself, 2025 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/pee-wee-as-himself-1/ letterboxd-review-912073340 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:24:43 +1200 2025-06-09 No Pee-wee as Himself 2025 4.0 277685 <![CDATA[

The man is a goddamn artist and anyone that tried to drag him down is the scum of the earth

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Pee 451q6h wee's Big Holiday, 2016 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/pee-wees-big-holiday/ letterboxd-review-910465538 Sun, 8 Jun 2025 18:02:17 +1200 2025-06-08 No Pee-wee's Big Holiday 2016 3.0 347689 <![CDATA[

It has the classic Pee-Wee swag and visual bits, but it’s missing the signature “Tim Burton in his prime” style & look from the original. Still fun though!

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Pee 451q6h wee's Big Adventure, 1985 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/pee-wees-big-adventure/ letterboxd-review-908600393 Fri, 6 Jun 2025 18:10:23 +1200 2025-06-06 Yes Pee-wee's Big Adventure 1985 4.5 5683 <![CDATA[

I had a smile plastered on my face for pretty much the entire runtime. Legit such an awesome wacky odyssey that borders into surreal at times. It’s delightful!!

Danny Elfman was COOKING when he wrote Pee-Wee’s theme dude, legit makes the whole movie better.
The entire scene in the biker bar is a classic for a reason, it’s funny and charming in a way that’s totally untouchable. Plus the occasional animation & claymation bits really added a bunch of personality in a movie that’s already overflowing with personality. Hell yeah dude.

(Also I can’t believe this is how I learn that the voice actress for Tommy Pickles was a total babe in the 80’s)

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Heart Eyes v44s 2025 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/heart-eyes/ letterboxd-review-907023493 Wed, 4 Jun 2025 17:59:17 +1200 2025-06-04 No Heart Eyes 2025 2.5 1302916 <![CDATA[

Self-aware by-the-numbers novelty slasher

Funny frequently enough to keep me interested. There were a few times where I was unsure whether or not it was mocking genre conventions, or lazily embracing them. Like, I wasn’t sure if I was laughing at it or with it on occasion. Either way though, I laughed sometimes!!

Doesn’t take itself seriously, fully embraces modern culture and actually pulls it off pretty well sometimes!! Overall though it’s pretty middle of the road, the male love interest is insufferable half the time. It’s definitely made to be watched with a group of friends at a party where everyone is talking and only half paying attention…but that’s not necessarily a bad thing!

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Bring Her Back 4ai2z 2025 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/bring-her-back/ letterboxd-review-906572057 Wed, 4 Jun 2025 07:26:02 +1200 2025-06-03 No Bring Her Back 2025 4.0 1151031 <![CDATA[

When Andy casually said “I talk to you…you Talk To Me” in ing I fist pumped in the theatre

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Norbit 131j6b 2007 - ★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/norbit/ letterboxd-review-904174912 Sun, 1 Jun 2025 17:44:56 +1200 2025-06-01 No Norbit 2007 1.0 9757 <![CDATA[

I don’t know how Eddie Murphy didn’t win awards for this. Leonardo DiCaprio got an Oscar for playing ONE guy? Eddie played THREE characters. A nerd, an abusive woman, and an Asian man. I’d like to see Leo pull that off.

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Mission 71384a Impossible – The Final Reckoning, 2025 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/mission-impossible-the-final-reckoning/ letterboxd-review-900111079 Wed, 28 May 2025 07:33:41 +1200 2025-05-27 No Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 3.5 575265 <![CDATA[

Ethan please…do ChatGPT next

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Crank 1u6z6j 2006 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/crank/ letterboxd-review-898702027 Mon, 26 May 2025 18:15:56 +1200 2025-05-26 No Crank 2006 4.0 1948 <![CDATA[

This feels like an over-the-top parody of early 2000s action movies in the best way possible. All the flaws feel less like flaws, and more like they’re actively mocking the flaws of movies of the era. The editing is insane, the camerawork zooms all over the goddamn place, every aspect of this movie feels like it’s on cocaine which is both entertaining as hell and thematically relevant. It’s pure adrenaline that borders into cartoon wackiness. Jason Statham’s performance edges into the insanity you’d expect more from a Nicolas Cage outburst. He steals a police motorcycle at gunpoint while fully erect. It’s pure cinema.

I don’t know if it’s so bad it’s good, or it’s just bad, or it’s just good. There are times where it’s straight up feels like a student film. Most scenes feel like they were done in one take as quickly as possible, It both adds to the urgency while simultaneously being funny as hell.

It’s also kind of racist sometimes, but it mostly feels like it’s mocking the ive bigotry you’d occasionally see in movies in the early 2000s. I truly have no idea whether or not this is effective satire, or garbage that stumbled into being amazing. Once it grabbed my attention, it did not let go until the credits rolled. It’s not afraid of being completely absurd, and that’s something you don’t really see much anymore.

Also Chester Bennington and Glenn Howerton just randomly pop up in one scene, shit gave me whiplash.

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Novocaine 2u4f45 2025 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/novocaine-2025/ letterboxd-review-897559506 Sun, 25 May 2025 18:56:41 +1200 2025-05-25 No Novocaine 2025 3.0 1195506 <![CDATA[

It’s enjoyable, but the kind of movie you skip watching in theaters to watch it on streaming while you eat dinner and exhale out of your nose a few times.

The movie takes place near Christmas but literally every single shot looks like it takes place in the middle of summer. I’m sure it’s just a California thing or whatever, but it was hella distracting lmao

But, shoving broken glass into your fists so you could hit people harder is SO badass, solid video game shit. Definitely gnarlier and gorier than your standard action movie, and that’s always a treat.
It’s fun and I enjoyed it, but it would probably benefit from 10 minutes being shaved off the runtime

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Bronson 2u301h 2008 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/bronson/ letterboxd-review-896415855 Sat, 24 May 2025 16:55:53 +1200 2025-05-24 No Bronson 2008 2.5 18533 <![CDATA[

This movie’s tone is so fucking bizarre

I fuck with the vision, I feel like this movie should be right up my alley but it just didn’t click with me /: Regardless however, I will always appreciate a bold swing

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Final Destination Bloodlines 503o73 2025 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/final-destination-bloodlines/ letterboxd-review-894530509 Thu, 22 May 2025 11:41:12 +1200 2025-05-21 No Final Destination Bloodlines 2025 4.0 574475 <![CDATA[

I was mostly expecting a shameless cashgrab, but this was awesome dude!! It looked the best (both cinematically & it’s CGI) plus it’s the funniest & most charming in the series by far. Kills were fun as hell too!

There were lore implications that were actually cool & explain a lot of stuff in the previous movies. I expected just standard more-of-the-same, but this actually justified its existence AND played with the formula in ways that were fun and fresh. As Americans get more desensitized to mass death, it’s inclusion felt like an inevitable next step. Plus as someone with a deadly peanut allergy, the representation was nice lmao

I love this franchise & this was a damn near perfect modern installation. I am biased, but this ruled imo
RIP Tony Todd

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https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/gretel-hansel/ letterboxd-review-882256483 Wed, 7 May 2025 17:38:55 +1200 2025-05-07 No Gretel & Hansel 2020 3.5 542224 <![CDATA[

The vibe is immaculate, the world is interesting, and every shot is composed beautifully. I hope in the future Osgood Perkins makes a return to more fantasy-based mystical plots, I feel like his style is made for it.

It’s nothing insane obviously, but idk why so many reviews are negative?? I know fairytales aren’t everyone’s jam, but I think if this was a post-Longlegs release: it would’ve been received better.

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Saturday Night 6s7072 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/saturday-night-2024/ letterboxd-review-881493706 Tue, 6 May 2025 17:20:30 +1200 2025-05-06 No Saturday Night 2024 3.0 1120911 <![CDATA[

This movie’s tone was unique, it didn’t always work for me, but I really appreciate what it was going for!

The editing was great & Willem Dafoe was top-tier

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The Descent 361y1b 2005 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/the-descent/ letterboxd-review-879521780 Sun, 4 May 2025 17:46:52 +1200 2025-05-04 Yes The Descent 2005 3.0 9392 <![CDATA[

I’m glad I’m not an outdoorsy person

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 6n652u 2003 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre/ letterboxd-review-877609127 Fri, 2 May 2025 18:41:28 +1200 2025-05-02 Yes The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 2.5 9373 <![CDATA[

That’s what they get for being a Lynyrd Skynyrd fan

I was fine with all the killing & dismemberment, but the moment they said the F-slur…I started to think that these cannibals might not be that nice /:

Despite being a pretty middle-of-the-road slasher, the dolly THOUGH SOMEONES HEAD is a all-time horror movie shot. They were cooking with that one.

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[REC] m6v1x 2007 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/rec/ letterboxd-review-875898260 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:59:09 +1200 2025-04-29 No [REC] 2007 4.0 8329 <![CDATA[

The plot is literally that one 9/11 documentary but with demon zombies instead of airplanes, and I’m not even joking lmao

It’s genuinely great to watch a found footage horror movie that actually looks, sounds, and feels like found footage - The camera quality, interlacing, & high ISO is authentically amateur, the loud sounds blow tf out of the internal mic, the performances feel genuine. There are moments of cheese obviously, its a 2007 horror movie after all, it’s not perfect but it’s super top-shelf found footage that gets scarier the more you watch it.

It has the same spirit as 28 days later, only with a on-the-ground news reporter edge & the fact that “the cameraman” is literally just the director of photography playing himself, so cool man.

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Goodnight Mommy 1w6q6e 2014 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/goodnight-mommy/ letterboxd-review-874556260 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:42:41 +1200 2025-04-28 No Goodnight Mommy 2014 3.0 284303 <![CDATA[

Not many movies have the guts to be a slow-burn AND have nearly a full minute of a burping competition

Although a lot of the reviews are leaning towards negative, this worked for me. Misery meets the unreasonable fears of a child. Slower than it needed to be, but idk man, I got the vision

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The Coffee Table 3zr69 2022 - ★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/the-coffee-table/ letterboxd-review-873525803 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:17:39 +1200 2025-04-27 No The Coffee Table 2022 2.0 1056380 <![CDATA[

This Wayfair ad takes a weird turn man

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Paprika 52n39 2006 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/paprika-2006/ letterboxd-review-872520469 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 18:53:35 +1200 2025-04-26 No Paprika 2006 4.0 4977 <![CDATA[

What a trip man, I love it when a piece of art goes completely over my head but still leaves a lasting impression

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Mission 71384a Impossible – Dead Reckoning, 2023 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning/ letterboxd-review-870851890 Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:32:25 +1200 2025-04-24 No Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning 2023 3.0 575264 <![CDATA[

Take a shot every time they say “the entity” and you WILL die

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Transformers One 6q55m 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/transformers-one/ letterboxd-review-870115820 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:06:41 +1200 2025-04-23 No Transformers One 2024 4.0 698687 <![CDATA[

Literally every aspect of this is 3X better than it has any right being. The cast, the colorful visuals, the lighting was so good, and mf EXCISION ON THE SOUNDTRACK?

About halfway though I found myself going “oh shit…I’m actually invested in this” - I had zero interest in a transformers backstory movie, but I’m really glad I gave this a shot. Genuinely laughed out loud a few times.

Keegan Michael key calls someone A-A-Tron - and I mean come on, that’s such a fun reference lmao

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Sinners 585y6o 2025 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/sinners-2025/ letterboxd-review-868854336 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:16:11 +1200 2025-04-21 No Sinners 2025 5.0 1233413 <![CDATA[

God this shit was SO cool, I wish sinning was real

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Companion 2t5o2e 2025 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/companion-2025/ letterboxd-review-865982433 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:15:26 +1200 2025-04-19 No Companion 2025 3.5 1084199 <![CDATA[

Guy with an AI girlfriend turns out to be a shitty loser??? Who would’ve guessed!

This movie is a good time, every turn it took was enjoyable, & Sophie killed it!

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RoboCop 1o203u 1987 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/robocop/ letterboxd-review-865030627 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:00:27 +1200 2025-04-18 No RoboCop 1987 4.0 5548 <![CDATA[

Oh I get it! He’s like a cop that’s a robot!
Now the name makes sense

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Jackass 4.5 p4a6g 2022 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-45/ letterboxd-watch-864216973 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:13:28 +1200 2025-04-17 No Jackass 4.5 2022 3.5 828853 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.

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Jackass Forever 24w4a 2022 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-forever/ letterboxd-review-864216417 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:11:48 +1200 2025-04-17 Yes Jackass Forever 2022 4.0 656663 <![CDATA[

Although maybe not as solid as the original trilogy, the absolute gauntlet of top-tier pain inflicted on Ehren‘s balls in this movie is EASILY one of the best jackass bits they’ve ever done.

Bam’s absence is definitely felt however. The complete cutting around his existence almost definitely means that a better, more natural version of this movie existed at one point.

Still however, so many solid bits, and some of the hardest hits. Way more inventive than I think they get credit for!

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Jackass 3.5 4p5q4s 2011 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-35/ letterboxd-review-863360089 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:04:59 +1200 2025-04-16 No Jackass 3.5 2011 3.0 65851 <![CDATA[

My favorite bit is when they just obviously needed an excuse to hit Bam with a hammer

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Sound of Metal 3a552f 2019 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/sound-of-metal/ letterboxd-review-862666002 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:17:09 +1200 2025-04-15 No Sound of Metal 2019 5.0 502033 <![CDATA[

There’s a comfortable form of detachment you can settle into when watching someone go through something traumatic in a movie. They’re them, and you’re you. Not only is it just a movie, but you’re not reflected in it. Empathetic, but ultimately disconnected - But to see someone handling something tragic, and knowing you’d be struggling in the exact same way, feels WAY too close for comfort.

The anger, the frustration, the feeling of hopelessness, all unbearably palpable.

There’s like, a billion reasons why this is such a great film, but to me, that’s what hit the hardest. The hope, the adjusting, all of it fantastic. But it was the lows that felt all too real in a way I haven’t seen expressed before.

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Jackass 3D 6x8x 2010 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-3d/ letterboxd-review-862502415 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:56:35 +1200 2025-04-14 Yes Jackass 3D 2010 5.0 16290 <![CDATA[

What is lost in the rough-around-the-edges DIY aspects of the show & first 2 movie installments, it makes up for in it’s over the top bombastic ideas that can only be achieved with a higher budget. This is Jackass firing on all cylinders. Everyone seems like they’re having so much fun. SO many perfect bits & little moments. And the end credits have a lot of authentic heart that really puts a perfect bow on an already fantastic movie.

The fact that I watched this debut in theaters with 3D glasses is the 2010 equivalent of being at the unveiling of the Sistine chapel (only with more dicks)

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Revenge 5l4v5j 2017 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/revenge-2017/ letterboxd-review-860892022 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:31:59 +1200 2025-04-13 No Revenge 2017 3.5 467938 <![CDATA[

The fact that she was doing all that revenging while barefoot straight up makes her 3X as badass

Filming must’ve HURT dude 😭

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Jackass 2.5 5o144s 2007 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-25/ letterboxd-review-860681430 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:41:38 +1200 2025-04-12 Yes Jackass 2.5 2007 3.0 14158 <![CDATA[

There’s something I find legitimately fascinating about half baked ideas & cut content

The bed of nails bit was gold, the fear was palpable lmao

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Jackass Number Two 4y1jy 2006 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-number-two/ letterboxd-review-859924734 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 19:23:09 +1200 2025-04-12 Yes Jackass Number Two 2006 4.5 12094 <![CDATA[

This gay porn has some cool pranks in it

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Jackass i5p64 The Movie, 2002 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/jackass-the-movie/ letterboxd-review-859121445 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:58:44 +1200 2025-04-11 Yes Jackass: The Movie 2002 4.5 9012 <![CDATA[

Citizen Kane if it were good

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Underworld 3q1o40 Evolution, 2006 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/underworld-evolution/ letterboxd-review-858460471 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:56:21 +1200 2025-04-10 No Underworld: Evolution 2006 3.5 834 <![CDATA[

This might just be the bluest movie I’ve ever seen

The action & violence are actually so cool and entertaining. It does not hold back, it was honestly impressive how gruesome this one gets. It’s got that special breed of mid-2000’s CGI where it’s bombastic as hell, able quality, but still kind of jank lol

The pacing of the first movie was shitty and was way longer than it needed to be, but this one is pretty much an objective improvement in just about every single way.
No idea why the reviews are slightly less favorable than the first. People are stupid, this was cool and fun! Even if it’s still pretty mindless, I feel like they found their footing with this one (:

That being said, Michael is annoying and his character is a dumbass. Idk if the character sucks, or if the actor is just not good, but any scene where he has to talk a lot is a slog to sit though. 

But If you’re interested in a bloody fantasy vampire action movie, this is recommended!

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Underworld 3q1o40 2003 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/underworld-2003/ letterboxd-review-857749174 Wed, 9 Apr 2025 18:39:16 +1200 2025-04-09 No Underworld 2003 2.5 277 <![CDATA[

It’s like Vampire: The Masquerade, only if it was hollow and kind of boring?

That being said, sometimes it does manage to capture the same charm as the bloodlines game. Even if it’s only for a few minutes, when it gets it right: It’s really cool!

Overall though, it balances out to just being ok.  
There’s a sound effect they use VERY frequently that’s also in Happy Wheels, and it kinda cheapens the whole movie every time it happens (which is like, every 8 minutes lol)

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Transformers 5h5z6u 2007 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/transformers/ letterboxd-review-856928432 Tue, 8 Apr 2025 17:19:21 +1200 2025-04-08 Yes Transformers 2007 2.5 1858 <![CDATA[

Michael bay movies have an undeniable swag to them, his insane over-the-top explosions make it impossible to have a bad time. Gigantic alien robots are pretty impossible to hate tbh. Even if, on paper, it lacks “substance” it easily makes up for with pure “HELL HEAH” factor. At the end of the day, movies are entertainment - and this was entertaining!

Also wtf this movie is funny?? I assumed the humor would age like milk, but like 90% of it was still pretty good! Bernie Mac as the car salesman was genuinely hilarious.

That being said, this movie is 45 minutes longer than it should be, and sometimes a little too stupid and vapid? It drags down the fun enough to the point where you start to glaze over at times. The soundtrack also straight up just ripped off the terminator theme. It’s literally the exact same lmao - Still fun tho!

End credits Linkin Park is genuinely 5/5 stars, every movie should end like that

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Dredd 5fo4m 2012 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/dredd/ letterboxd-review-856204759 Mon, 7 Apr 2025 19:15:41 +1200 2025-04-07 No Dredd 2012 3.5 49049 <![CDATA[

This film asks the age-old question…if Batman was a cop, would ACAB still apply to him even if he had a really cool gun?
(The answer is yes, but it’s also entertaining as hell)

On paper, I feel like this movie should be bad or stupid. But it’s actually awesome?? It’s like The Raid, but cyberpunk and includes skinning people alive, mind-reading powers, and slow-motion drugs. It’s hard to have a bad time watching it tbh

Also I love Karl Urban, but it looks like he’s trying his best to do the grumpy-cat frown the whole movie lmao

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Y2K 9112t 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/y2k-2024/ letterboxd-review-856155208 Mon, 7 Apr 2025 17:23:47 +1200 2025-04-07 No Y2K 2024 3.0 1094274 <![CDATA[

-watching the Poo Cocktail Supreme bit from Jackass-

Kyle: “Damn…if only we could make this romantic…“

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When Evil Lurks 4j3756 2023 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/when-evil-lurks/ letterboxd-review-855081271 Sun, 6 Apr 2025 17:24:13 +1200 No When Evil Lurks 2023 3.5 744857 <![CDATA[

The world building fucking rules and I’m bummed I don’t see it getting enough praise

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Terrified 6f2z3k 2017 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/terrified-2017/ letterboxd-review-855076302 Sun, 6 Apr 2025 17:16:28 +1200 2025-04-06 No Terrified 2017 3.0 489430 <![CDATA[

Nearly every jumpscare was like a fucking defibrillator. The kind of scares where there’s a good 0.5 seconds where you’re pissed off…only to immediately be like “damn, that got me lol”

First half is 4/5 - Second half is 2.5/5
It bites off more than it can chew, but the setup was phenomenal & unsettling. There were moments that had me fighting back the urge to watch it through my fingers. Good shit, solid October date night movie!

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The Thing 3g1v35 2011 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/the-thing-2011/ letterboxd-review-853925068 Sat, 5 Apr 2025 14:37:39 +1300 2025-04-04 No The Thing 2011 2.5 60935 <![CDATA[

It’s not as bad as people make it out to be…but like, it isn’t particularly good either lol

Really wish it embraced it’s status as a “prequel” more than it’s interested in telling the exact same story again, but looking shittier now. Which sucks because some of the stuff they do is cool sometimes! Ultimately it’s a forgettable fumble, but it’s not terrible, just kinda bad. It’s squandered potential is more frustrating than anything.

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Heat 2s3e6t 1995 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/heat-1995/ letterboxd-review-853311923 Fri, 4 Apr 2025 20:36:08 +1300 2025-04-04 No Heat 1995 4.0 949 <![CDATA[

Wow, the “Dunkaccino” guy is actually pretty good at acting

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Lara Croft 2t4c28 Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life, 2003 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider-the-cradle-of-life/ letterboxd-review-852528512 Thu, 3 Apr 2025 17:06:53 +1300 2025-04-03 No Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life 2003 2.5 1996 <![CDATA[

This one is stupid, but in a fun “riding a CGI shark” kind of way

Also Korn during the credits. Hell yeah.

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Lara Croft 2t4c28 Tomb Raider, 2001 - ★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider/ letterboxd-review-851901775 Wed, 2 Apr 2025 19:56:19 +1300 2025-04-02 No Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2001 2.0 1995 <![CDATA[

Unfortunately, I think eat the rich includes Lara Croft.

This movie is not very good, but there are glimpses where it’s genuinely amazing. Watching Angelina Jolie fly through the air on a sideways motorcycle while shooting an Uzi in slow motion is objectively awesome. And watching her fight a giant stone statue with multiple arms wielding swords and a head with multiple faces like some kind of Fromsoftware boss?? That goes hard.

That being said, this movie still kind of sucks lol - and I know it’s a silly nitpick but there wasn’t like…a single trap in this movie? Tombs should have traps?? Not a single spike wall or anything??? Come on now.

It’s slightly more “power rangers-y” than I expected. I really enjoyed this movie when I was 12, but I think that’s the max level of maturity you can have while still enjoying it. (Unless if you’re drunk, THEN it probably rules)

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Blade d5w6k 1998 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/blade/ letterboxd-review-851189477 Tue, 1 Apr 2025 19:51:30 +1300 2025-04-01 No Blade 1998 3.0 36647 <![CDATA[

If a hot vampire woman invited me to a blood rave
I, for one, would be grateful

So over-the-top cool it’s both insanely badass and completely ridiculous simultaneously

The way Wesley Snipes beats people up is insanely brutal AND hilarious. It’s the kind of aggression you only see in cartoons. It rules man

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The Hills Have Eyes 2 m485l 2007 - ★ https://letterboxd.conexionsite.com/_crustbag_/film/the-hills-have-eyes-2/ letterboxd-review-849329121 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:33:36 +1300 2025-03-30 No The Hills Have Eyes 2 2007 1.0 9793 <![CDATA[

How is an 1.5 hour long movie mostly nothing? There is like 45 minutes of walking & nervously looking around that doesn’t build tension or anything, it’s just straight nothing.

The guy that played Crank did a great job. The mutants actually felt extremely strong, and a LOT of movies usually fuck that up when it comes to wire-work. Genuinely S-tier in that regard, it’s so out of place in a move that just…isn’t good lol

There are moments where it shows promise, but they are VERY brief. There were like two good kills in the first quarter, and after that I think they ran out of money because nothing else even comes close. It’s not terrible, but not worth anyone’s time either. It relies pretty much entirely on gore, disgust, and shock value…while not even being particularly good at it? So like, from every angle, this movie is pretty much pointless (unless you’re taking a wire-work class lol)

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