Miyalys: Media ratings

Primal Fear (1996)

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Nice soundtrack! Feels noir-like!
Good acting by Norton!

Curiously both Maura Tierney and Laura Linney have been Jim Carrey's wives in different movies.

I don't know if there's supposed to be a pessimistic morale that it's naive to believe in the good of people, that we shouldn't believe even in such circumstances. If what it wants to add is nuance and doubt I can understand that. To me both optimism and pessimism can equally go too far in that regard. Don't assume innocence, but also don't assume guilt. At least outside the context of violent crime cases, I *think* a positive assumption is significantly more in line with reality.

All movies or TV series' by Gregory Hoblit

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

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All movies or TV series' by Daniel Scheinert

The Notebook (2004)

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pretty torn between 3 and 4. It was a quite nice watch, but also some things were just off, one being the acting from most of them.

story is not original but it's kinda well told. It's engaging. good chemistry.
decent music, fine cinematography


super creepy way to introduce himself!! 
...and it's sad to see him wanting to be whatever she wants
...and bad friends that let noah get out on the date with her without her knowing

i like that he later stops when she's so uncertain and overwhelmed, though

plot-wise I don't see why she didn't write him once, or come visit?! 

noah's supportive of the marriage and okay with being friends or at least trying <3

don't think the older noah seems much like the younger in terms of mannerisms/behaviour.

dementia is such a scary disease! :o

All movies or TV series' by Nick Cassavetes

Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)

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All movies or TV series' by Michael Vejar

Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)

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Pilot: 4 (4 as a TV series episode, as my expectations for those are lower - 3 if it was a movie). 
Part of the reason is probably also that I had very low expectations based off the reviews.
That commander is quite the creep, and worse than Riker!
Good riddance to commander sinclair!

My favourite character in the pilot was Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima - and then she's replaced in the main
series. :/

All movies or TV series' by Richard Compton

J'ai perdu mon corps (2019)

English title: I Lost My Body

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Quite unique in some ways, effectively gave me a sense of isolation and alienation from the rest of the world. And a sad story too. Pretty creepy approach with that woman though.

All movies or TV series' by Jérémy Clapin

Michael Schøt - Upolitisk Korrekt (2009)

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Closer to 3 than 1.

Tags: Stand Up Comedy

Michael Schøt - Mere Upolitisk Korrekt (2010)

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Tags: Stand Up Comedy

Michael Schøt - Ulykkeligt Vidende (2017)

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Tags: Stand Up Comedy

Adam & Noah - Klogskab (2018)

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Tags: Stand Up Comedy

Michael Schøt - Kunstigt Intelligent (2013)

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Tags: Stand Up Comedy

Michael Schøt - YtringsPligt (2015)

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The Master (2012)

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Really worth a 3½ rating. Freddie's a piece of shit.

All movies or TV series' by Paul Thomas Anderson

High Plains Drifter (1973)

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Two rape scenes just casually thrown in with the humiliation.... WTF
Besides that mediocre music, and an okay story.

All movies or TV series' by Clint Eastwood

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

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Closer to 2 than 4.

Kinda seems like bad writing to me, but part of it might be from cut scenes.

Someone who can enslave the multiverse seems kinda big for doctor strange and the sorcerer supreme alone.
The avengers mostly deal with threats to the earth i think, so even too big for just them? Maybe ask Jean Gray instead?

The book being destroyed should set her free, then, if that was what was corrupting her. But that doesn't fit the plot, so it doesn't happen

The Sorcerer Supreme should let anyone die to protect the multiverse. also why is he so consistenly weak in this movie, in terms of the fights he's in? doing him dirty.

Great to see Charles Xavier again, and the x-men universe tied into this one.

How does strange know that that particular childhood memory was shared between those universes?
touching ending though

All that said, this video really points out a critical general weakness, likely intentional, of the MCU as a whole:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpitmEnaYeU

Tags: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
All movies or TV series' by Sam Raimi

The French Dispatch (2021)

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Beautiful visually, lighthearted, good music - storyline seems a bit too disjointed, but admittedly part of it was just me having difficulty keeping up. Would like to rewatch at some point.

All movies or TV series' by Wes Anderson

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

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Closer to 3 than 5.

Nice to see the old Spider-man crews! <3 Have yet to see Amazing Spider-man, though, so that part wasn't nostalgic for me (yet).

Love Benedict Cumberbatch as Steven Strange actually, and I often don't think his performances are particularly great, but this character he fits/performs very well!

Certainly a ton of fan service, it's pretty cool, but maybe a bit over the top. Or perhaps mainly because the main storyline often seems not that well written. But the redemption arc idea itself I love!

Love the credits animation!

Tags: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
All movies or TV series' by Jon Watts

Eternals (2021)

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Kinda annoyed that Ikaris was consistently shown to not be particularly strong, certainly less so than Thena and Gilgamesh, and all of a sudden plot demands he's "the strongest of them" and so he is.

Is this a prequel to FFX, Sprite changing name to Tidus? Would fit the FF universe at least!

All movies or TV series' by Chloé Zhao

Black Widow (2021)

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Actually quite good. It kinda feels like a Bond movie, and it's better than the vast majority of Bond movies. Came in with low expectations, though.

Scarlett Johansson...actually acts just fine in this one?! But then I just watched Keanu Reeves act in Matrix 4, so expectations weren't high in that regard.

No big complaints, but it would've been nice if some of the main characters were actually of Russian heritage, ie. had real Russian accents instead of fake ones.

Politically speaking it kinda seems to ridicule Russia and favour the west which is uninspired and uninteresting. But then it's super mainstream and made by Disney, so genuine ability for self-criticism and deep reflection in terms of politics is currently too much to expect.

I like that they don't kill her sister off for uninspired, cheap emotional impact.

Tags: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
All movies or TV series' by Cate Shortland

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

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The ring fighter, just like from Kung Fu Hustle (had kinda forgotton though)!

Kinda torn between 3 and 4, really deserves a 3½.

Went downhill in quality from the bus scene included.

Ben Kingsleys' character, LOL! His jokes weren't great, but just seeing him in that role and maybe his acting made it fun to see anyway.

And Katie seems like a great buddy!

Always great to see Michelle Yeoh! Could see the Wuxia resemblance to e.g. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Would've loved to see her fight more as well.

Path of the open palm (Yeoh opening Shaun's hands) reminded me of Jade Empire.

I want a prequel with their mother as the lead character! Her fight with asshat father was the best fight in the film.

Kinda wish the siblings had shared the rings, also because the sister was just constantly out of the spotlight due to a sexist father. Also because it could be a nice conclusion to the siblings having been apart for so long, so now they were finally together again as a family.

Black Widow was better though.

Tags: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe
All movies or TV series' by Destin Daniel Cretton

Caffeinated (2015)

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Tags: Documentary
All movies or TV series' by Hanh Nguyen

The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

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not great, not good - but decent.

nice to see so much of the sense8 cast again!
btw. i want to see a Switch prequel. She seemed so cool!

that aging trickery rarely works well, and it's the same here, but mostly from the acting.
reminds me of old t'pol in star trek enterprise

very heavy on the re-hash of so many specific scenes - a bit much.
not great acting from keanu reeves, but that's not that atypical (seems like a cool guy irl though)

All movies or TV series' by Lana Wachowski

Saul fia (2015)

English title: Son of Saul

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All movies or TV series' by László Nemes

David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)

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Tags: Documentary
All movies or TV series' by Olivia Neergaard-Holm

버닝 (2018)

English title: Burning

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Beautiful visually, good soundtrack at times. Quite slow!
Closer to 3 than 5 though.

All movies or TV series' by Lee Chang-dong

Demetri Martin: Standup Comedian (2012)

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Unfortunately there are also very creepy sexist jokes at times (e.g. the injured girls who can't get away being described as  "perfect"), and thinking it's fun to trash x girlfriends, and in other shows presenting it as lighthearted fun to have people watching a specific person (stalking) as a hobby.

Tags: Stand Up Comedy
All movies or TV series' by Ryan Polito

Demetri Martin. Person. (2007)

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Worst Demetri Martin special seen so far, but still not that bad.
Closer to 2 than 4 though.

Tags: Stand Up Comedy
All movies or TV series' by Jay Karas

Comedy Central Presents: Demetri Martin (2004)

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Love the ending sequence.

Tags: Stand Up Comedy

Demetri Martin: If I (2004)

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Gets quite thought provoking!

Also watched:
Demitri Martin live + Lucy Arnell March 17 2017 FULL SET: https://youtu.be/CICGQKfLesw

...and listened to:
Unmasked (interview): https://youtu.be/Rs26FtRvlHQ
These are jokes: https://youtu.be/rrPBE0nylss

Favourites overall are probably - unordered:
Demetri Martin live + Lucy Arnell 
These are jokes
Demetri Martin: If I

Tags: Stand Up Comedy
All movies or TV series' by David G. Croft