Aidan Kolokithas

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A graduate film student who finally decided to start rating movies like every other "film scholar".

Favorite films

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • It's a Wonderful Life
  • Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail

All
  • The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

    ★★

  • Alien: Romulus

    ★★★½

  • Donor

    ★★★★½

  • Barnyard

    ★★½

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The Map of Tiny Perfect Things

2021

★★ Liked Watched

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

The concepts of this movie are interesting (some of them), but the execution? BORING.

I kept wondering when things were supposed to pick up- you know, when things get more tense and the stakes are raised. But this movie has no real stakes. It's a snoozefest "I'm not like other girls/boys" indie romance film with overexposed shots and cringey writing.

To the film's credit, there are some great tracking shots here and there, and a few moments feature some strong performances and decent lines. But most of it is just ehhhhhhhh.

Alien: Romulus

2024

★★★½ Liked 1

FINALLY!!!! A movie that scared me!

The first thirty minutes did a great job at setting up the movie and building the tension! However, the writing really fell off starting around the 45 or 50 minute mark... The movie fell into common horror movie tropes, especially with characters making nonsensical decisions for the sake of the plot.

Thankfully, the last 15 minutes of the movie bring it back to a good spot. Sure, it ends a lot like Aliens, but…

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Nosferatu

2024

★★ Liked Watched

"Oh BROTHER this guy STINKS!"

The Lighthouse was peak, but this? Really? Besides some occasionally cool shots, some stellar acting from MOST of the cast (Ms. Depp was, er, present), and good practical effects, everything was very inconsistent, and often laughable.

The good:
1) They handled the Plague really well. I thought that section of the movie had the best pacing, best writing, and best emotional beats.
2) The practical effects are really, really disgusting to look at, which is…

Robots

2005

★★★★ Liked 2

The first 30 minutes are a genuine peak example of animated storytelling. The next 30 minutes are... not as great, but still better than most of the crap being put out today.

But then you get to the last 30 minutes... 2 words, folks: FUCKIN' BIGWELD!!!! Nuff said.

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