Reviews and Musings

This is a stream of consciousness review I jotted down after finishing The Abyss during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college. My overall rating for the movie was 3 stars out of a possible 4. On my scale, 3 stars qualifies as "good." This is a difficult one to rate. The script for the first forty minutes is so bad that it seems like Cameron constructed it when he was in third grade; it’s that poor even by Cameron’s low standards. The first forty minut

This review was written after seeing La Dolce Vita during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college. My overall rating for the film was 4 stars out of a possible 4. It was the 212th film to receive my highest rating distinction. The incredible part about La Dolce Vita is that the internal meaning that the epilogue concludes with (as I see and understand it) is what secures its place as not only a terrific film, but a terrific film about morals. Throughou

This a structured pondering and review I wrote after seeing Mirror during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college. My overall rating for the film was 3.5 stars out of a possible 4. On my scale, 3.5 stars qualifies as "very good." Dare I say it, this film is a tremendous work of art. Next, I say, this time without a necessity to be daring, that this is one of the most evident and brilliant examples of art house cinema. Reverting to the first part, just so

This is a unique entry within the "Reviews and Musings" section. Presented here is a collection of notes I made while rewatching Persona (1966) on August 6th, 2020, in preparation for a film discussion and analysis I was set to have the following day. I first saw Persona during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years at college and was quite blown away by it. My overall rating for the film was 4 stars out of a possible 4. It was the 210th film to receive my highes

This is a slightly more structured stream of consciousness review than my traditional film review style. I watched Bicycle Thieves during the summer between my freshman and sophomore years of college. My overall rating for the film was 1.5 stars out of a possible 4. On my scale, 1.5 stars qualifies as "tolerable." Very rarely have I hated a film as much as this one. The heartbreak of this film is undeniable. The message that (almost) nobody in the world cares about your own

The following is a stream of consciousness review I jotted down after watching Interstellar during the spring semester of my freshman year at college. My overall rating for the movie was 2.5 stars out of a possible 4. On my scale, 2.5 stars qualifies as "decent." From the moment that Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) enters Gargantuan forward, this movie approaches 2001: A Space Odyssey in terms of complexity and in doing so raises itself a whole star. The ending is fantastic, d