Neonman
Celluloid Junkie
Member Since: 29 Sep 2008
Location: Australia
Age: 34
Bio: Hey.
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Breakdown (1997) - Rated 13 Jun 2025
"I thought that the film's title would be a double entendre, also referring to some kind of mental instability of the protagonist. Nope. But this is still a very good action-thriller."
Queer (2024) - Rated 13 Jun 2025
"An incredible production, with plenty of amusing oddities in the sets that make the city locations have an unreal quality to them. But there's not much to be invested in with this dry tale of romance, and although the final scene is a stunning combination of visual and music, none of it gets built up by either of these characters. I saw this not long after a bad break-up, so I felt emotionally open for it, and I still wasn't devastated from it."
The Room Next Door (2024) - Rated 13 Jun 2025
"On the surface, this kind of story concept seems utterly depressing, yet the film has a rather breezy and somewhat colorful tone to it. Perhaps Almadovar understands that this central proposal may be far less depressing than it seems (despite the downright omnicidal parallels this makes from assisted dying to climate change devastation). I would say this is a lovely film about death, one that feels clearing rather than abrasive."
Memory (2023) - Rated 13 Jun 2025
"An intriguing and original set-up for a romance film. But this concept is as intriguing and original as the film gets -- there's plenty more it could've gotten out of this unusual pairing, and yet the film aims for an extremely casual "mood" that isn't interested in impressing us with cinematics or plot turns."
Aftersun (2022) - Rated 13 Jun 2025
"A film about depression, seemingly, that never actually brings this theme explicitly to light. I appreciate the subtlety, as it keeps it ambiguous the whole time, but it's as if it's too shy or embarrassed to really expose what it is emotionally, plus all the unnecessarily metaphorical nightclub scenes only add to the sophomoric feeling. Yet it's still quite a memorable film about looking back on a happy moment, with a devastating final scene (helped by the depressing music)."
The Slim Shady Show (2001) - Rated 23 May 2025
"I'm certainly a fan of both Eminem and South Park (at least back in the day), and this show has quite a lot of similar crassness and offensiveness, but none of the actual cleverness and amusing cultural critique that they have. It also has awful pacing, with large awkward gaps at times between dialogue or even jokes. And it's just bizarrely unfunny most of the time -- why do the South Park characters appear in the first episode, but don't say anything? I blame coke for this show's existence."
The Surfer (2025) - Rated 23 May 2025
"Very simple story that immediately establishes the butting of heads between protag and antag, and reiterates this clash while upping the menace. The pacing in this regard is well done, despite some story tangents being stuffed in. It certainly gets your blood boiling as you imagine the vengeance that this film is bound to climax with -- and when it comes, it's more disturbing and questionable than you'd expect."
A Real Pain (2024) - Rated 23 May 2025
"I won't deny the incredible performance of Culkin, especially as he's playing quite the hostile and genuinely unlikable character. What makes this film so unworldly is that such a crude person actually ends up being immensely appreciated by the rest of their tour group, who only see good qualities in his bad qualities. It's as if this film is enamoured with its truly unlikable character, and I'm not here for that. The scenes between just the cousins are less problematic."
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) - Rated 23 May 2025
"Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to sit through this immensely over-long half a film without yelling out in frustration at the incompetence of its storytelling, the non-stop array of clips from the previous films to further make things more convoluted, the fan service no fans asked for, and the utter ridiculousness of the submarine sequence. This series has self destructed."
Sinners (2025) - Rated 13 May 2025
"It's admirable to see a big budget mainstream genre film with a big mix of big ideas, with most of it coming across not too obvious or typical, even if the film gets obscure with what it's even trying to convey. There's seems to be so much casually paced build up in this film, that even when their baddies attack, it still feels like it's spluttering to get things going. Can't say I was heaps impressed by the cinematography either, which was just orange for half the run-time."
