That movie, bro. That ending.
There's very few times when I'd say Ignorance is Bliss, but that movie...
Logical brain kicks in: 'the movie was fairly biased towards the chap, I'm sure computers would be made without him'.
Emotional brain: 'BUT NOT THE WINNING OF WW2, BOI.'

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Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Nos' super-concise foreign film review time! (Spoiler-free, of course.)

Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa - 1950

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So, today, after many weeks of waiting, Inside Out came out locally. I had prior info that it was a well made film, critically acclaimed and all. Naturally I went in with high expectations.

I was wrongly informed; Inside Out wasn't a well made film.

It's a truly, truly beautiful piece of art. It utterly smashed all of my expectations.

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Okay, so I've been meaning to watch some of these films for a while now, especially because Marvel Studios is now owned by Disney, and I looooove Disney. They're all interconnected and it was a daunting task figuring out where to start and take the plunge. But anyway, I've had quite a bit of free time this weekend, so decided to start watching them. Here are my brief thoughts on the films.

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A Serbian Film
A Tale of Two Sisters
Acacia
Alien (1 to 4)
Begotten
Carrie (2013)
Child's Play (1 to 6)
Dead Friend
Drag Me to Hell
Final Destination (1 to 5)
Grotesque
Halloween (2018)
House at the End of the Street
It
Jennifer's Body
Misery
Orphan (2009)
Phone
Raw
Resident Evil (2012 and 2016)
Scream (1 to 4)
The Green Inferno
The Human Centipede (1 to 3)
Train to Busan
Us
World War Z

Part 1 of my reviews is here.

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Good film. Quite a lot of good comedic moments, and finally a decent villain. Pepper kicks butt. And Tony's friendship with Harley is adoreable. Probably the best of the three Iron Man films, but doesn't beat The Avengers for me.

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

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This was a trailer that I made as part of my editing course, in which we were supposed to take footage from Orson Welle’s Citizen Kane, and recut it into a trailer of our own design.

Hello, folks!

Remember the days when movies had awesome title sequences with a rousing rendition of the film's main theme? Maybe we'd get an overture at the beginning instead of those annoying trailers? Those kinds of things seem to be on the decline these days, and it's a shame, because the title sequence can sometimes be among the best part of the movie. It helps set the tone and gives you an idea of what you're going to get.

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There are two great documentaries out there that should be seen by anyone who enjoys comics in general, and comic strips in particular.

The first is Stripped, which is about strips in general and the future of the comic strip in todays world. A fate that is quite uncertain given the decline of newspapers.

http://www.strippedfilm.com/

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I have a test in Brit lit tomorrow Those tests are so fucking hard... And my dog just farted. The good news is that the GSA and I did all the filming we need for our video. I technically don't have any AP Psych due until Monday. I'm planning on going to a pride event with some friends from the GSA.

10. Ant-Man

9. Doctor Strange

8. Guardians of the Galaxy

7. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

6. Captain America: Civil War

5. Spider-Man: Homecoming

4. The Avengers

3. Avengers: Endgame

2. Iron Man

1. Avengers: Infinity War

HONORABLE MENTIONS

* Spider-Man: Far From Home

* Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

* Thor: Ragnarok

* Avengers: Age of Ultron

One of the most controversial art films has turned 10 years old. I watched it for the first time in March 2016 on YouTube. Believe it or not, there's a copy of that film circulating on that website.

Banned in Spain, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Norway, Brazil, and South Korea, this graphic film centers around porn with themes of violence, murder, necrophilia, and pedophilia.

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You know, originally, I intended to give this a properly objective review, and point out any flaws I might have found in it, or anything I didn't like...

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...even if there will be need for some.

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I was going to do a blog post sometime on the lessons I've learned while writing. (Mostly by smashing my face into them repeatedly until I recognized my mistake, then making a new mistake, then another...) Then by absolute sheer chance, I heard David Sandberg, who was the director on Shazam! and had the unfortunate YouTube tag of @ponysmasher, posted various film-making hints and tricks. Lo and behold, that led me to this:

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8. Suicide Squad

7. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

6. Justice League

5. Birds of Prey

4. Man of Steel

3. Wonder Woman

2. Aquaman

1. Shazam!

The second half totally lives up to its hype. The jumpscares, blood, gore, and various forms of Pennywise proves that Stephen King is one of the pioneers of writing horror stories. Despite the length of 2 hours and 49 minutes, it's good to know that it stayed faithful to the novel. If you watched the first one, I highly recommend checking this out. Heads up though, there are lots of flashing lights that might affect those with epileptic seizures.

R.I.P. Stanley Uris and Eddie Kaspbrak

It looks like I'm being dragged along to see this film called Spooky Buddies next week. It looks terrible. I visited the Wikipedia entry for it just now. I think somebody's had a bit of fun editing it recently…

Roger Ebert gave it five stars, saying that the movie was "Scarier than The Exorcist." He died a few years later, and some say that he had a heart attack from remembering the ghost puppy in Spooky Buddies.

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