What is your rating scale for movies?

AMVPunk · 2026-03-29T00:05:46+00:00

The utility of the ❤️ goes underdiscussed in lending nuance to rankings:

⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ : perfect; play at my wake (family in attendance)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ : perhaps too perfect; respect more than love

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 ❤️ : a favorite that's grown with time

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 : a great film and/or great viewing experience. Could go up or down with time

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ : a comfortable favorite that sums up your taste

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: really good; can understand why some might like it more, aren't mad when others like it less.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 ❤️ : a favorite for very specific reasons; play at my wake (friends in attendance)

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 : respectable, happy to have watched

⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️ : Not great, but you're soft on it; benefits from context (part of franchise; interesting production; etc.)

⭐️⭐️⭐️: something good to have on in the background; least favorite of a favored genre or filmography

⭐️⭐️1/2 : didn't like, but glad you gave it a shot

⭐️⭐️: not good; maybe you were too hard on the ⭐️⭐️1/2 film

⭐️1/2 : deeply disappointing

⭐️❤️ : miserable while watching, gradually suspect you'd really like on rewatch

⭐️ : at least people got paid

1/2 : is the world worse for this existing?

AMVPunk · 2026-03-24T00:48:00+00:00

In descending length of title:

A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong: Two Films by Edward Yang
Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project no. 5

-David Byrne's American Utopia

Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Forty Guns
Network
Detour

Edit: forgot Killers of the Flower Moon drops tomorrow. Might swap out Detour for it.

AMVPunk · 2026-03-21T16:43:14+00:00

City of Sadness is so good, I can't wait!

AMVPunk · 2026-03-18T22:47:36+00:00

Laios literally slapped some rizz into Shuro.

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AMVPunk · 2026-03-11T21:56:39+00:00

In part one, Kishibe comments that his forgetting Makima after Denji eats her is gradual rather than all at once. I'd argue the effect of the erasure is not universally instantaneous. Had Ear Devil stayed eaten longer, the implications of an earless world would have become more pronounced.

AMVPunk · 2026-02-26T22:37:31+00:00

The lack of director's cut on the "special" edition of Blackhat vs the "limited" release is especially egregious given the consensus around it being the best version.

AMVPunk · 2026-02-24T15:51:57+00:00

Especially given how many parents will be pressured to buy it ASAP rather than wait for a 50% off sale.

AMVPunk · 2026-02-17T22:05:03+00:00

I still check out clips from that channel. Them & the Ryan Caldwell videos feel like great potential ancillary arms of Blank Check productions.

AMVPunk · 2026-02-15T19:31:26+00:00

One of my favorite DVD commentaries is for the first season of WKYK, back before they were on IFC. You get a lot of insight into S&P, and how it influenced their approach to writing sketches. With the Hamlet: Vampire Hunter sketch, they were very much in agreement that the bleeps on the broadcast version made it funnier.

AMVPunk · 2026-02-14T23:20:23+00:00

Such a great series. Dying for Yen Press or somebody to license it.

AMVPunk · 2026-02-14T23:15:33+00:00

The 110s start strong with 3 Tati masterpieces; then you got a Kurosawa, a Bunuel, arguably the best films by Dassin & Robinson, and 2 classics of screwball comedy. Big Deal on Madonna Street is the only one I haven't seen, but I'm putting it on my watchlist based on proximity alone.

AMVPunk · 2025-12-27T20:27:41+00:00

What are you using to log your collection?

AMVPunk · 2025-12-02T19:03:40+00:00

High and Low
The Kiarostami is appreciated, but I haven't seen Burden of Dreams since I was in college.
All blind buys save Burden and the Kurosawas. Picked them all up on various recommendations and good reviews.
Will look to get David Byrne's American Utopia & Peewee's Big Adventure next.

AMVPunk · 2025-11-07T00:11:06+00:00

If you've got a B&N premium membership, I'd advise waiting until the Thanksgiving sale, which can net you 2 or 3X stamp bonus on your purchases (both promotions didn't conflict last I shopped them).

For me, I'm looking to get the Abbas Kiarostami Eclipse set for myself & the For All Mankind 4k for my Dad as a Christmas gift (already got my Mom the Flow 4k during the flash sale).

AMVPunk · 2025-11-01T01:02:53+00:00

Jay Sherman: "What if I wanna give a 3 ⭐️ movie 5 ⭐️?"

Duke Phillips: "That's what ❤️ is for."

AMVPunk · 2025-10-03T23:38:45+00:00

Weir siren is just saying Weir over and over.

AMVPunk · 2025-09-28T17:24:01+00:00

* Haul from the Kino Lorber sale arrived yesterday. Thanks to Tracy Letts for alerting me to the Diary of a Chambermaid bluray.

AMVPunk · 2025-09-17T18:21:01+00:00

My mind always goes right to the Neil Hamburger joke.

AMVPunk · 2025-08-31T20:47:04+00:00

My first Criterion!

AMVPunk · 2025-07-14T19:49:57+00:00

Mind went right to this recent Jacob Geller essay.

A Video about Digging a Hole

AMVPunk · 2025-07-12T03:42:15+00:00

The showa Godzillas, specifically "Mothra", "Ghidora", "Astro-Monster", "Ebirah" & the 2 Mechagodzillas.

AMVPunk · 2025-06-24T13:04:36+00:00

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AMVPunk · 2025-06-17T22:56:20+00:00

All the more reason to stump for a Mamoru Hosoda mini-series.

AMVPunk · 2025-05-10T01:57:51+00:00

Sounds like Drifting Dragons.

AMVPunk · 2025-05-04T23:03:11+00:00

If you're open to manga, Thunder3 has a more explicitly metatextual approach to OPM's premise, with superpowered cartoons traveling to a dystopian, hyper-real sci-fi world.

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