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We need more ~60 minute animated films if it's going to produce more masterpieces like this. The sound design is probably the most underrated aspect of this, there was a heavier pencil stroke sound made in reaction to some dialogue early on and I got even more locked in.

I'm only sorry that I let this one by in theaters.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

A surprising level of messiness in its first hour or so of exposition which I can accept because this is the culmination of the series and bringing in threads from past entries you never knew would become relevant.

Happy to say that somehow, ONCE AGAIN, the stunts in this leapfrog what came before. Incredible thrills, a lovely cameo by Tramell Tillman I only wish we got more of, and a sendoff with a ton of heart. I'm more than satisfied. Tom Cruise did it again, one last time.

Took a while to get a chance to see it but I am at a loss for words. At least any words proper enough to convey how much I loved this and how good it was. I was legitimately crying by the end of it. Obviously I've heard so many positive things, but I was not prepared to be moved in this way.

And even on just a technical level - the double actor scenes were so impressive and (no spoilers dw!) there's this moment early on where a character is describing an event and the film lets you hear it but you do not see it. I was fully locked in from that moment forward.

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I lost my shit the moment I realized he was talking about fucking Captain EO.

Dunno why I didn't have this as a 5/5 before. Just goddamn perfect start to finish and some parts will just make your jaw drop wondering how they pulled it off. I about cried during the daydream sequence in the 'Broadway Melody' number. (I never thought about it before, but the feeling you get when it pulls back to "reality" feels very reminiscent of the final shot in La La Land.)

It was also very amusing that neither of my roommates whom I was showing this to had seen the film, but knew several of the songs. That's real staying power.

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

Saw in 35mm at the Ambler Theater, and nearly ruined by a theater full of old jackasses who can't help but to literally guffaw at anything remotely humorous or weird about the movie. Including the really bad parts! Like seriously fuck all of you.

Saw in 70mm at Bryn Mawr Film Institute. I've seen it on the big screen once before in digital IMAX for the 50th, but seeing the Star Gate sequence the way it was meant to be seen brought a tear to my eye. Incredible film every single time.

Deeply impressive animating work, it felt a bit meandering and repetitive but it was sooooo cute.

The writing is really nothing to, well, write home about but honestly this was pretty fun and the hand tinted sequences really added something interesting and memorable! It's hard to be harsh on any of its negative aspects... except a pretty baffling last minute 'twist' to subvert a predictable plot that would have been just fine.

I'm kind of amazed at the colors of the candle wax in this mansion for it being 1820-1830ish. Blue is one thing, but teal? Purple? This guy was filthy rich.

Another solid Poe adaptation by the Corman-Price duo.

20th Anniversary theatrical rerelease as part of pre-wedding activities for my best friend. Peak.

Watched on Monday April 21, 2025.

Rick fuckin' Dalton.

Kiki's Delivery Service will always be very near and dear to my heart, but this clears every other Ghibli I've seen so far and surely the rest. What a film.

Watched on Sunday April 13, 2025.

I watched this in 4DX and 3D. I will never see anything in 4DX again. Prisoner torture device as a cinematic experience

movie would have somehow been worse without it, though

man what happened here

Watched on Friday April 4, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 29, 2025.

Saw this tonight on a vintage 35mm print at Bryn Mawr Film Institute. Very very cool experience and great first choice for their newly installed projector!

Watched on Wednesday March 26, 2025.

Every distributor that refused to release this should beg forgiveness. Every IDF soldier must be tried at their own Nuremberg. And I hope every settler finds themself at the other end of their gun someday.

Thank you to Bryn Mawr Film Institute and every other theater near me showing this film.

As a native Floridian, idolizing St. Petersburg as paradise is so fucking funny. James Franco's monologue was incredible.

Also, am I allowed to call this soundtrack nostalgic now?

Watched on Tuesday March 18, 2025.

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Hackjob editing and some really clunky writing mar what is otherwise a surprisingly decent plot, especially considering how far the MCU has fallen. A few nice character moments and a logical setup for what is to come. There is a much better movie hiding here, and it is really frustraing that all hundreds of millions of dollars can do is fuck up any chance of it being seen.

I think there's some recovery from this, but none of those clueless executives deserve it. I'm just glad I don't feel like my time was completely wasted.

I hardly knew the premise going in, was not prepared for anything that happened. Committing to a constant first (and briefly third) person perspective added so much to the film. Barely felt like I could breathe sometimes. Will be a shame if this doesn't get talked about more post-awards season.

After torturing myself a few years ago in rewatching Zoey 101, I knew I'd have to finally get around to this. And boy howdy it was not good. Spears was never that good but she might actually be worse at line delivery here than Tommy Wiseau, there's not even any sort of endearing quality to save it. The best of the cast got the least amount of screentime and half the characters were either just completely OOC. At least the iCarly revival tried, kind of?

Watched on Monday January 13, 2025.

I can't give this a half star because they referenced Blue Velvet.

Saw in 70mm at AFI Silver Spring. I wish I could put any of what I'm feeling to good words, but I'm just left speechless. Incredible film, do everything in your power to see it.

Watched on Wednesday January 8, 2025.

I'll preface that I have been a huge fan of this OST since I was young and have a rough idea of the events, but I've held off spoiling it because I intend to finally see the show this year on Broadway. So I can't speak on specific story changes or rearrangement. That being said...

This was genuinely a lot better than I expected going into it from everything I had heard and seen. Grande was solid and Erivo killed it. But good lord, that was some of the most offensively bad lighting and cinematography I've seen in a Hollywood production. The Twitter posts did not even scratch the surface of how many times blinding sunlight completely washes out scenes for no damn reason. You can't even see Glinda's face in the closeup between her and Fiyero in Dancing Through Life! It felt like a bad joke.

I enjoyed Chu's adaptation of In The Heights, there was nothing wrong with the technical aspects there. I have no idea what happened here and I hope and pray they fix things in the sequel. You are burying a great movie in amateur hour desaturated bullshit and enough jumpcuts to make Quantum of Solace blush. Grading the film this way spits in the face of every production designer and VFX artist. Do better.

Watched on Monday January 6, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 5, 2025.

I knew nothing more than that this was a movie that existed when I bought the ticket for the IMAX re-release and I am so glad I did. One of the best thrillers (and way up there for movies) I have or maybe will ever watch. Goddamn.

Watched on Thursday January 2, 2025.

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What I was able to hear of this movie was great, however my friends and I were subjected to initially periodic but then near-constant shouting by a more-than-likely mentally disabled Sonic fan in his 30s. But if that wasn't enough, there was a different guy in the audience who eventually decided to keep goading him to keep shouting by repeating what he said. It was miserable and it took everything in my power to not leave the theater or report the situation.

Worst movie-going experience in my life, bar none. I will be going back to the theater and trying this again in the near future, and it's even more upsetting because this movie is almost certainly the best of the trilogy. Just a ton of fun, though Sonic's dialogue was probably the most cringy it's ever been. But Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba unsurprisingly stole the show.

Watched on Sunday December 15, 2024.

• Killers of the Flower Moon
• The Zone of Interest
• Drive My Car
• The Brutalist
• First Reformed
• The Florida Project
• Silence
• Blade Runner 2049
• Synecdoche, New York
• No Country for Old Men

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

To be watched over the next however many months or by the end of 2025 at the latest.

• Bio-Dome
• Memento
• Ernest & Celestine
• Groove
• Yi Yi
• The People's Joker
• Suicide Club
• Flee
• Secret Sunshine
• Excision

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Not necessarily my favorite movie of the year, but it'll be at least close.

• Saving Private Ryan
• Blast from the Past
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Mulholland Drive
• Chicago
• Party Monster
• Before Sunset
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Paprika
• No Country for Old Men

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.