AngelMonkey

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Favorite films

  • Brazil
  • Labyrinth
  • Spirited Away
  • Moon

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  • Slanted

    ★★½

  • Obsession

    ★★★½

  • Paranoia Agent

    ★★★

  • The Sheep Detectives

    ★★★½

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Obsession
★★★½ Watched

The scattered, uncomfortable laughter coming from the theater audience throughout this was priceless.

Paranoia Agent
★★★ Watched

Film #20 off my Scavenger Hunt 134.
Task 6/31: Watch some anime

I realize that calling anything Satoshi Kon is involved in "weird" is kind of a gimme, but I honestly did find this one tricky to make sense of. That's not to say I didn't like it. It's quirky and bizarre and has many excellent elements, clearly something to say about society at large, and a very interesting overall feel to it... but I sense that I didn't quite…

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Versus
★★ Watched

Film #3 of 31 for Hoop-Tober 7.0
6 Countries (2/6): Japan
6 Decades (2/6)
1 Film set in one location (2/1)

Film #33 for HORRORx52 2020.
Task 52/52: Kynky picks, I watch!

Film #37 off my 52 Years in 52 Weeks 2020 challenge.

This movie in a nutshell:

fight
FIGHT
FIGHT
fight
fight
fight
FIGHT
30 solid minutes of exposition
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
fight
fight
FIGHT
end

Sadly the fights weren't nearly good enough to me to make it worthwhile.…

The Fly
★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Film #1 off my Scavenger Hunt 43.
Task 22/31: Choose a Natural Horror movie (a movie where animals or plants are the antagonist)

Film #17 of 31 for Hoop-Tober 5.0
6 film from horror masters (4/6): Cronenberg
2 flying things that kill you films (1/2)

"Oh... that's disgusting."

I've always thought this was such a great film and was pleased to have the excuse to rewatch it for the first time in nearly 10 years. Cronenberg wastes no time --…