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1 week
Thoughts on Harakiri (1962)

Wow. This was a masterclass in buildup and tension. I knew about Masaki Kobayashi's movie before - a scathing indictment of the samurai and the honor code that they profess to live by - but all the same, watching the movie had me hooked from start to finish.
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1 week
Some More Thoughts on Godzilla x Kong

This is more of a full-fledged review with some extra observations that sprang to mind, thinking about the movie. For anyone who's interested.
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1 week
Thoughts on Galaxy Quest

Finally getting around to writing up my thoughts on this one. I had heard plenty of good things about it from my parents, though I had yet to see it. Finally, we rung in the new year by watching "Galaxy Quest" with dinner.
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2 weeks
I watched Godzilla x Kong yesterday

And all in all?
It was fun. Good mindless monster mash of a film. Funny how much some of the stuff with Kong in the movie made me think, just a little, of Primal. If only for the lack of dialogue and the importance of character through action and expression.
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3 weeks
Happy Sunday to everybody

Hello all. Just wanted to check in this Sunday (Easter Sunday, for any churchgoing types out there) and wish you all well.
Hope that the year has been okay for everybody. March wasn't the best month for me, I was sick at the start of it and only around the last week have I really felt 100% again, but I'm hoping for things to pick up going forward from here.
Best wishes, eh?
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Sep

21st

2018

Some Awesome Covers of Hobbit and LOTR Songs · 3:26am Sep 21st, 2018

I discovered these guys' cover of "Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold" from The Hobbit about three or four years ago. And they have a lot of other fantastic takes on the music of Middle Earth that I felt obliged to share.