Watched Audition (1999) by an author from letterboxd.com
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.

No wonder everyone in Japan is lonely

★★★½

My review

I don’t think ANYONE should feel bad about questionning Kate’s absence from the public eye. Her life is completely manipulated to benefit the Royal Family. We, the public, didn’t force or require that. The Palace has (or Palaces have) completely mishandled this.

Watched Spider-Man 3 (2007) by an author from letterboxd.com
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.

Has BDH even aged?

★★

My review

Watched Spider-Man 2 (2004) by an author from letterboxd.com
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood.

I’ve always thought this was a good superhero movie and after 30+ MCU movies I think it compares very favourably! Molina’s Doc Ock is absolute comic book villain perfection, right down to the bowl cut.

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 Barbarian (2022) by an author from letterboxd.com
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers that there is much more to be afraid of in the house than the other house guest.

It’s like an arty indie wrapped round a legit horror film. Dig it.

★★★★

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Watched Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) by an author from letterboxd.com
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

Is there another franchise where the sixth film is at least as good as the first? It might be absolutely RIDICULOUS but it does it exceptionally well.

★★★★

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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.