Watched Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) by an author from letterboxd.com
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

While it doesn’t have the polish and the style of the original, I enjoyed the lighter tone and lack of melodrama. I also enjoyed Jake’s irreverent rebelliousness as opposed to the usual “angry” anti-authority approach.

★★★

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Listened to Burning Church from https://open.spotify.com/album/60f6ypxsKLEemkp4216Ood
Jóhann Jóhannsson · Song · 2018

If you jacked into my soul, I swear it would sound a bit like this.

Watched Dune (2021) by an author from letterboxd.com
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Never has such a dull and soulless landscape been more beautifully rendered. And I don’t just mean Arrakis.

★★★

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Watched Spider-Man (2002) by an author from letterboxd.com
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, nerdy high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the Amazing superhero known as Spider-Man.

I’ve always thought this was pretty decent as a superhero movie and after 30+ MCU movies I think it compares pretty favourably! Dafoe’s Goblin is absolute comic book villain perfection.

Is it weird, though, that the thing that stood out most to me was Kirsten Dunst’s “wet t-shirt” scene? Seems absolutely outrageous by recent standards!

★★★½

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Watched The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) by an author from letterboxd.com
While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.

This movie is like a video game display copy. It looks amazing but when you open it up there is literally nothing inside.

★★

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