Van_Sievert

Van_Sievert

An up & coming filmmaker who can't not think out of the box

Favorite films

  • The Third Man
  • Ran
  • Secret Honor
  • City of Hope

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  • Bottoms

    ★★

  • Jojo Rabbit

    ★★★

  • Breakdown: 1975

    ★★★½

  • The Hateful Eight

    ★★★½

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Bottoms
★★ Rewatched

When the funniest character in your feminist comedy is a man, that's a problem

Jojo Rabbit
★★★ Watched

Even though there's swearing and violence, this still feels like a kid-friendly version of what Chaplin was doing

That being said, I'm not going to act like I wasn't moved or laughed sometimes

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The Substance
★★ Watched

I'm fine with a lack of subtlety as long as you're not repeating yourself with the same point & acting like you're the only one who's ever thought of it before. When David Cronenberg does body horror, it's not simply a gimmick to bluntly hammer the message home. He actually uses it in a way that makes sense for the world he's making & for the characters growth. The characters here are completely one-note because they're only meant to be symbols & the…

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★★★½ Liked Watched

a combo of Dario Argento. Fritz Lang's M & David Fincher's Zodiac & all on a shoe string budget which shows all you need is creativity & passion rather than a lot of money