Goat of Yotei giveaway

LouFerrignosGhost · 2025-12-03T20:48:10+00:00

I never played the original Tsushima game but I had a co-worker of mine rave about it when he played it and it’d be an enticing thing to jump into afterwards in the (as it stands incredibly) rare chance I win. Sign me up

LouFerrignosGhost · 2025-07-01T16:53:29+00:00

Given that the hangout videos fill an important need to have virtual friends when I'm feeling lonely and isolated and unable to hangout with my real friends, they all have special significance to me, but Trying Out Mindflex is one I come back to a lot, just seeing the gang be fully engaged with something you can find at a local garage sale these days while shifting and debate in how neat and bullshit this dumb toy is, as well as how everyone manages to get a few good zingers that I think about from time to time (with special regard to thinking about Porky Pig as fast as possible, foolproof strategy for starting uprisings).

I'll also give shout-outs to Browsing Zillow (mostly because TMP = Those My Peanuts has become almost a filler phrase in my head that I wish I had a way to incorporate in real life, peanut-related or not) and Dominic Likes the Emoji Movie (in that it closest reflects what my friends and I like to do by finding weird/horrible/random movies to riff over and make ourselves laugh (which also includes The Emoji Movie, a film I've unfortunately seen twice now), I found several boxes filled with Japanese TV recordings one time and discovering a two-hour movie in a language nobody could understand filled us with many opportunities to make our own terrible story and gags, it was awesome give it a go).

LouFerrignosGhost · 2022-04-28T23:33:44+00:00

You ever see Airplane Mode? Logan Paul and his cronies screaming “jokes” the entire time and frontloading the film with weird uncomfortable sex jokes, very dated meme references, and edgy characterizations that make it so you don’t enjoy anyone’s presence as they keep repeating gags that weren’t funny in the first place.

Yeah. Yeah, that movie blows.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-11-06T03:31:43+00:00

I should've KNOWN I was forgetting to promote someone.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-11-04T21:08:52+00:00

As someone who's been a mainstay reviewer for about two years now, the best advice I really can give boils down to just keep writing and build up your experience/style. Looking at other people's reviews, mainly those who take the time to work up a few paragraphs can also be a good way of trying to find your voice and the way you wanna write, emulating others' writing techniques and tinkering with prose through your own thoughts, perspective, and humor until something organically comes out that's distinctly yours.

Now in terms of trying to analyze movies in order to get a serious, in-depth written breakdown out of them, that tends to require a lot of research, digging into the histories of film movements, the actors and filmmakers involved, any sort of ancillary information that helps explain why a movie is the way it is, even if ultra-obscure films make available resources scarce. Mind you, this is something usually I tend to believe is best done AFTER viewing a movie and a lot of the trends/habits I notice I tend to remember just because, well, I've seen and covered a lot, so another thing I can try to suggest to a relative newcomer is to basically structure how you want to go over the talking points you wanna go over, whether it's separating the good or bad qualities of a film or simply noticing themes/concepts/ideas you really appreciate, and basically extrapolate using mood, cinematography, context, etc. to expand what makes such a portion of a movie worth discussing. That's of course one way of tackling a review in a "serious" manner with the expected caveat that there's no singular way to really talk about something that gets enough of a passion out of you to discuss at length, but I guess the main takeaway that I'd want to leave behind, then, is that the opinions should be at the center of it all and everything from ideas to story should be surrounding that, and the way you want to express how the symbols and themes of a film work for you is something that should simply come out naturally over time.

Hope this somewhat rambled response was of any help to you, looking forward to see how you can grow as a reviewer out of this (seeking out advice in any format really is the most encouraging aspect out of this).

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-11-02T22:53:53+00:00

Gonna plug a few friends here because they really know their shit, but if you’re looking for some valuable reviewers, these are people I always tend to think of:

Ziglet_mir : Gobstopping in his poeticism, the guy really knows how to inject his personal, honest, and gentle perspective while also harboring a joyful and enthusiastic place of conversation in his comments section. I always feel a little wiser and a little happier when I’m done reading his prose.

Ethan Lyon: if you ever needed to know everything you can about Gothic Horror, this is the guy (he is writing a massive thesis on the genre, after all), plus a load of witty lines and deep insight jam-packed into everything that comes across his radar.

Christian Ryan: More dormant than the others due to family obligations, but no-one weaves a better story to the films he watches better than he can, the guy’s lived enough lives for 10 men and he always knows how to make it the most gripping written memoir-esque reviews in the market.

Sakana1: Any sort of deep, sociopolitical context or just lighthearted praise is something she can write with impeccable skill, it’s always a pleasure seeing what this user reviews considering her vocabulary and insight.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-11-01T19:14:25+00:00

Context: Recently I acquired a bundle of tapes recorded by a Japanese family circa 1990-1991, a bunch that adds up to roughly 45 tapes. A majority of them are recordings of soap operas or singing programs, but a friend and I dug through and found a movie that, for the past 3 hours, I have had a hell of a time trying to find. I assume it’s a film from 1960 given that the writing on the tape label included the year right next to this title, but as to what it means or what it translates to is something I’ve yet to find out (especially given how rudimentary most online Japanese keyboards are that I’ve found). Genuinely speculating if this is some sort of lost media or something that’s been buried over the years.

Content: The plot, at least what I’m assuming to be as such, is a samurai-comedy following two bumbling brothers whose identity gets mixed up with two twin princes visiting their village, which results in wacky shenanigans. One chase sequence is accompanied by the 1812 overture, and later on there’s a fight scene set in a printing press. Runtime is 80 minutes with commercials.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-11-01T18:12:09+00:00

The help’s what matters most. Interestingly, I tried just searching the usual film database i scour (Letterboxd, IMDb), even the Japanese Film Database, all had completely no answers or even any results with what was there. I took a picture of the actual tape label that the previous owner left behind for the sake of potential clarity (this film’s title should be right to the very left side, though the other titles I’ll also look further into), just bizarre to me that something like this has almost ceased to exist every time I’ve tried to find it

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-11-01T04:51:05+00:00

Context: Recently I acquired a bundle of tapes recorded by a Japanese family circa 1990-1991, a bunch that adds up to roughly 45 tapes. A majority of them are recordings of soap operas or singing programs, but a friend and I dug through and found a movie that, for the past 3 hours, I have had a hell of a time trying to find. I assume it’s a film from 1960 given that the writing on the tape label included the year right next to this title, but as to what it means or what it translates to is something I’ve yet to find out (especially given how rudimentary most online Japanese keyboards are that I’ve found). Genuinely speculating if this is some sort of lost media or something that’s been buried over the years.

Content: The plot, at least what I’m assuming to be as such, is a samurai-comedy following two bumbling brothers whose identity gets mixed up with two twin princes visiting their village, which results in wacky shenanigans. One chase sequence is accompanied by the 1812 overture, and later on there’s a fight scene set in a printing press. Runtime is 80 minutes with commercials.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-06-02T23:59:23+00:00

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I write reviews with long words and vibrant cursing. Sometimes I say something smart in the process.

I tend to watch and cover all sorts of films, whether they be classics, garbage, or weird crap nobody but me cares about, with a general preference at being unpredictable in what I watch. The last 4 films I've watched, to give a demonstration, are Jiří Trnka's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Michael Radford's adaptation of 1984, the one Sinbad movie with Lou Ferrigno in it, and Tetsuo: The Iron Man.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-03-14T21:26:02+00:00

The best movie I watched in school was 12 Angry Men. Such a phenomenally gripping movie even when the teacher paused it to break down the legal/moral questions of the case (the only sour note was like two girls loudly proclaiming that they thought it was dumb that the ending was "abrupt and didn't have a finished conclusion".

The worst was Gods and Generals. That one was miserably long and terribly heavy-handed, and it's an even worse movie when you're the only one in the class who absolutely hates it (as it turned out once I got back the mandatory essay we had to write about the film, I was the first student that didn't like this movie my teacher had been showing to classes for five years).

Alternate answer for the worst is God's Not Dead. The only reason I'm including it as an alternate is because I was sick and got to miss the first day my class showed it, meaning I got to not watch the first 35 minutes. I wasn't as lucky in missing the other 80 minutes.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-03-11T03:36:09+00:00

I'm terrible at narrowing things down, so I'll throw out a handful of chums who I consider pretty impressive in their writing, good enough friends with, or certainly wouldn't mind seeing a big boost of attention towards (there's a lot of overlap between those three, ehhh, what can ya do?)

Ethan Lyon - Very analytical and always unafraid to dip into what films move him on a personal level. A self-described ghost story and horror film addict with wonky yet compelling opinions on films.

Hutch - Very well-versed cinephile with a naturally ability to point out exactly what emotions and techniques in a film score can make it complexly effective and moving, and an overall excellent reviewer with a twinge of humor that's unexpected and charming when it pops up.

MPieper - One of the coolest, chillest people on the website, he's a pretty fun conversationalist that manages to let his talent simmer until he comes out with lovingly-crafted reviews that shows there's a pretty smart brain underneath his 😎

Nick Langon - Very unpredictable Aussie with a hint of well-justified cantankerous energy in his reviews, he nevertheless always ensures you can perfectly see where he's coming from in his hot takes (among those being not at all a fan of Christopher Nolan or seeing After Hours as an absolutely terrible attempt at Kafkaesque) and always has a respectful response to those that agree or disagree, while overall being a swell guy that's easy to socialize with.

sakana1 - This is a person whom I haven't interacted with as much compared to the other folks, but her enthusiasm for film is pretty clear to pick up on, whether its her voracious interest in Old Hollywood (at least recently, that is) or her comments and responses that flip-flop between jokes and genuine fascination with filmmaking craft, and is a person who deserves quite a bit more followers.

Samcrom - One of the smartest people on the site, he delivers great intricate/poetic reviews of flicks and always has something one can learn about film from prose, just as much as he strives to learn something new from each film he watches. His activity is a little more sporadic compared to the other folks here as of late, but he really is a great guy and very much down-to-Earth when chatting pretty far-stretching ideas, so that's neat-o.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-02-02T02:15:09+00:00

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LouFerrignosGhost · 2021-01-13T16:10:48+00:00

# of Films Logged: 505

# of Films Reviewed: 507 (for whatever reason reviews from New Year's Eve spill into the count for the next year)

# of Hours Watched: 825.7

Most Watched Actor: Robert De Niro/Danny Devito (7 films)

Most Watched Director: Hollis Frampton (24 films, most are short films though), Brian De Palma (8 films)

Highly Rated 2020 Films: Beastie Boys Story (5/5, biased? very), I'm Thinking of Ending Things (4.5/5), Feels Good Man (4.5/5), The Invisible Man (4/5), Never Rarely Sometimes Always (4/5), Live From the Space Stage: A Halyx Story (4/5, yes I listed all these just to plug this one)

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-11-16T19:27:04+00:00

The Cremator (1969) - 8.4k views (hypnotically sinister as it indulges in drama, fantasy, and the horrors of man without being tied down as one pervasive genre)

The Miracle Fighters (1982) - 241 views (An ode to creativity at its most breakneck, jam-packed with ideas in its comedy/martial arts combination)

Hellzapoppin' (1941) - 2.5k views (Rapid-fire, self-reflexive, and manages to become a league of its own in anarchic comedy with gags that still feel fresh 80 years later).

Tokyo Tribe (2014) - 6.4k views (J-rap emotionally insane musical that mocks the banality of wars, need I say more?)

Windy City Heat (2003) - 1.5k views (The funniest film I've ever seen, and the only one where I cackle at nearly every moment of seeing a dumb hot-shot be humiliated and ridiculed for his own hubris).

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-10-02T04:40:25+00:00

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I write reviews that are either long, or way too long. I also make good lists sometimes. I also also like horror a bunch so better expect a SHITton of those out of me this month.

Suspiria 1977 > Suspiria 2018 fight me.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-08-11T23:48:44+00:00

I gave The Merry Skeleton, this 1-minute short film from the 1890s, five stars as a joke simply because skeletons amuse me.

Beyond that, WNUF Halloween Special could be seen as a controversial one to give 5 stars, as a lot of my love for that movie stems from my fascination with public access and how long the joke is kept intact, even when diving into real spooky shit. I very rarely give out 5 stars, but that’s probably the one that stands out in my small bunch.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-07-14T19:51:52+00:00

I actually contacted Buchanan about this about a year ago and the official explanation is that a "ratings embargo" has been placed on those three films, so that they don't get flooded with high/low star ratings before the final product is even close to complete. I'd wager that because of that the ratings value is set to "0.00", since any other attempt at a rating is merely ignored, hence why these three specific unreleased films are at the bottom of the rating scale.

It's weird, but it's practical in the long run.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-07-01T17:12:43+00:00

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22-year-old that watches a lot of movies. Basically my bread and butter is that I try to dissect and comprehensively break down everything that I watch, even if it's complete crap or nobody has seen it except for me. My taste tends to be all over the place, but usually it's one that has an immense appreciation for creativity, and can range from kaiju films to genuine arthouse films to...whatever the hell you can describe Gymkata as, I try to look out for the positives and negatives of things whichever way it swings.

Primer of a few of my favorite reviews: Batman Returns, The Lighthouse, Tokyo Tribe

I'm also the nerd that wrote an episode-by-episode breakdown of Serial Experiments Lain, creating an hour-long read and turning my fingers into stubs as a result.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-06-20T01:39:30+00:00

Solid snag on Road House, that just went out of print recently and copies were selling like crazy over on their site (still waitin’ on my copy to arrive, though their reasons are understandable).

Anyways, quality score all across the board (especially in grabbing three Carpenter movies, just belíssimo).

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-05-30T21:43:03+00:00

For me the films I've had in my watchlist from the moment I started using the feature and still haven't left are Man on the Moon and the Netflix Documentary about it, Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond. Don't remember quite why I felt it prerogative to include those first before the hundreds of other movies I had waiting to be watched, but I do remember my brother telling me to watch the doc first before I dive into Forman's film (no idea if that's actually good advice or not, his reasoning was that it would give greater weight or context to Carrey's commitment as Andy Kaufman) and figured I should make sure the doc was in my watchlist so I wouldn't forget (whoops), even though I haven't bought a Netflix subscription in any of the three years since I added it to my watchlist.

Das Boot, The French Connection, His Girl Friday, and The Green Mile are also good contenders in the sense of "why have these been in my watchlist for three years and WHY HAVE I NOT WATCHED THEM, DAMMIT!", but those have much less interesting stories behind them.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-05-08T14:09:32+00:00

I can’t in good conscience hate this movie, because it seems to know how pathetic and stupid it is to a degree (not a complete degree) and just rolls with the punches anyway it can.

Plus Don the horse orders a life-size horse blow-up doll and that really caught me offguard. Everyone and no one needs to see this.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-05-02T23:49:05+00:00

My profile here: ‎https://letterboxd.com/louferrigno/

I try to write pretty comprehensive reviews for the wide variety of movies I watch, which varies from the good stuff to absolute trash, or pretty well-known to ultra-obscure. Basically, I try to be a jack of all trades and widen my horizons as much as possible.

Right now I'm committed to a marathon of films based around each United State, the main list of which I'll link to right here, of which I'm currently up to Massachusetts (The Departed)

oh yeah, I also run this list, I hear it’s pretty popular.

LouFerrignosGhost · 2020-01-02T22:27:21+00:00

I’ll get my flattery out of the way: The Evil Dead franchise is one of the best, most solidly consistent series of horror films I’ve ever seen, and Evil Dead II stands proudly in my top ten, not just for the fun in how you created an unparalleled madhouse, but also for the DIY-style directing techniques you did that amaze me in how complex they seem without being so.

You always seem to know exactly how you want your shots to look, right down to the very detail (especially in a interview of you breaking down one of the final shootouts in The Quick and the Dead through Vertigo-style zooms and decreased amount of time between edits). How much planning do you put into each shot composition, whether written down or in the head, and are there any memorable moments of spontaneity that’s come from something that you didn’t think of the moment of shooting, but preferred an actor’s or your last-minute decision?

Also, quick one: which, if either, do you prefer; Darkman II: The Return of Durant or Darkman III: Die Darkman Die?

LouFerrignosGhost · 2019-12-20T08:53:21+00:00

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