Do you want to be afraid of the dark? It’s quick and easy. When walking into a dark room just ask yourself “what would David Lynch put in there”
Notes, page 6
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John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Watched 26 August 2019
It might be a case of too much of a good thing, but I was not as entranced by this one as I was with the others. It might have benefited from a bit more breathing room around the mayhem, more of an emotional connection to its origins, maybe even (dare I say it?) a little less violence. It is spectacular, but numbingly so.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Played 16–18 August 2019 on Mac
A masterpiece of game design. An impossible combination of brilliant ideas and flawless execution that is so unlike any other game I’ve ever played, it’s hard to understand how it could even be conceived.
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Watched 15 August 2019
Wake me up if Hideaki Anno ever makes another one
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If you can read this, then I have achieved micropub capability and nothing can stop me now 🚀
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Speed Racer
Rewatched 2 August 2019
Our world doesn’t deserve the unbridled vibrancy and earnestness of Speed Racer. The climactic Grand Prix is so dazzling I had to watch it twice. This film gets better every time I watch it, and I suspect I’ll be doing it quite a few more times.
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Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
Watched 28 July 2019
Best car chase of all time?
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Alita: Battle Angel
Watched 24 July 2019
- There are many cool robots and body parts flying around.
- Cristoph Waltz was terribly miscast and is the least believable character in the movie.
- I wish the city itself had gotten more attention from the art department, but I guess the robots are what matters the most.
- The robots are indeed very cool and they fight a lot, but not too much, which is perfect.
A solid follow-up to the other two good anime-with-real-people movies, Speed Racer and Pacific Rim. More, please.
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The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game
Played 15 July 2019 on Mac
A charming little game that got me to smile a lot for the duration of a well-spent hour.
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Hollow Knight
Played 21 June – 1 July 2019 on Nintendo Switch
I just knew that as soon as I booted this game for the first time, I would fall down the rabbit hole and be completely transfixed. And so it happened. One of the most rewarding exploration games I have ever played.
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Barry, Season 1
Watched 29 June 2019
I started off a bit disappointed, because this seemed like little more than a duller version of Patriot; the writing felt meandering, the humor more surface-level, never as witty or pithy. Turned out I was looking at it wrong: it’s more of a drama than I’d figured from the premise, with the comedy falling a bit further into the background than it does in Patriot. It’s its own thing, delicately balanced, and a few episodes in it really clicked.
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Game of Thrones, Season 8
Watched 21 May 2019
It is still mindblowing that this show could get made, but it’s a shame that it couldn’t quite fill its own shoes towards the end. Guess I’ll read the books, then.
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The Wandering Earth
Watched 11 May 2019
This movie doesn’t know when to calm down. Exhausting!
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The Final Girls
Watched 25 April 2019
I was pleasantly surprised by how genuinely funny and creatively consistent this movie is — and it’s clear that everyone was having fun while making it. Pretty great!
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The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Watched 25 April 2019
You can tell that they tried (most of the time), but it’s not as sharp as it clearly thinks it is. Also, they shouldn’t have let Ryan Reynolds pick all the songs.