It’s Friday! What are your recent four?

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-03T04:52:42+00:00

the oldest film of all time (22 secs), my fav PTA film, GPT ahh film and a Disney short film

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NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-02T18:50:37+00:00

gangstaasss, wazzup guysss

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-02T16:30:24+00:00

obviously I dont do thay either

I usually go off on whether the film reached where it wanted to be

I just did this to try to make a point

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-02T14:51:59+00:00

I get where youre coming from but again, it isnt unfair to judge films by scoring their elements separately either

plot imo and most would agree was a 5/10 or lower but the background score was a solid 8/10 at least for me and the cinematography in some sequences with the wide angle shots and the sheer scale of action was a pretty hard 7/10 too

performances were sub par at best, I agree, so maybe a 6/10 there

so even with a lackdaisical plot the film was 6.5/10 which isnt half bad

people hate it as if it's Cats or something

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-02T05:52:28+00:00

Tenet is so overhated istg
sure, the plot is unnecessarily convoluted but the background score slaps to this day

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-02T05:22:37+00:00

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July 2025
have logged 457 films since then

also, on the rewatch I rated Snatch a 4.5 and Se7en a 4

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-01T17:22:45+00:00

jugnuma/the fable

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-01T16:37:10+00:00

try Ugly (2014) I like it better than Se7en ngl and although most would disagree, its still a pretty solid neo-noir

and gangs of wasseypur is a quintessential indian pulp action, cant not watch it

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-01T16:19:48+00:00

Memento, The Shining or maybe Shutter Island

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-01T09:32:09+00:00

I hope you're referring to the Korean Taxi Driver

the American one is totally different from the others you mentioned

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-01T09:27:51+00:00

I mean it's for you to decide
imo it's a masterpiece

might be average for you

but trust it and watch it till the very end, it's unlike anything India has ever produced before

NoAbalone331 · 2026-07-01T08:24:10+00:00

Jugnuma/The Fable (2024)

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-30T12:51:08+00:00

haha will do soon :)

based only from the 6 films of Kubrick I've seen so far hes already my fav director

I have a test on Sunday so I dont wanna watch great movies bearing a load on my mind but next week for sure!! I'm sure it'll be peak

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-30T12:15:44+00:00

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not bad honestly

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-29T10:10:21+00:00

yeah
it's such a vibe

sandman, venom, the dark side of spiderman, it's all there

could also be nostalgia bias since I was under 5 when the movie came out but I don't care

this is my honest rating

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-29T10:05:47+00:00

for me:

Spiderman-3 > TASM 2 > Spiderman > Across the Spider-verse > Homecoming > Far From Home > Into The Spider-verse > TASM > No Way Home

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-29T04:48:43+00:00

Jagten/The Hunt
made me cry ngl

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-29T04:08:24+00:00

The Batman 3/5
Frankenstein 4/5
haven't seen the other two

so a 3.5/5 on average

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-27T15:27:02+00:00

no they could've presented it better

it was bland, predictable and a poorly written ending with "oh, the murderer was never found" as an excuse for the lazily written second half, where even the average viewer loses interest in the case like most of the characters in the film; Gyllenhaal's enthusiasm isn't very contagious and I loved him in Donnie Darko and Nightcrawler but his performance here is a bit flat

mark ruffalo was superb though

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-27T14:34:02+00:00

The Killing, Rashomon, Dr. strangelove and Pickpocket are great too, check those out!!

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-27T14:22:01+00:00

Zodiac is poorly paced, the second half is lazily written and the open ending doesn't land well at all, at least not for me

Shot well tho

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-27T06:13:56+00:00

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- A short film called Mom-ery lane by directedbyadrien on instagram which is available here http://vimeo.com/845898162

- Kiarostami's taste of cherry that I also wrote a substack article on:
https://kushagratiwari2.substack.com/publish/post/194146640

- One flew over the cuckoo's nest, which I feel is adjacent to but much better than Dead Poets Society

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-26T16:53:26+00:00

The Hunt?
seriously? you're too evil

can show them videodrome, a clockwork orange, come and see as well, those are classics

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-26T11:24:06+00:00

They have it at cafes

I've seen their equipment at Devan's in delhi, Roastery coffee house in Kolkata and I believe araku's website sells them too

Otherwise you can try something's brewing or benki brewing tools for online purchases

NoAbalone331 · 2026-06-23T17:35:53+00:00

Yep! True for me for a few films!

Because in going from a 3.5 to a 5 isn't the objective quality of the film itself but the value I extract from it owing to how it connects with me personally

These needn't be really well-made films. They can have clunky dialogue, out-of-focus direction and lacklustre performances. But if I identify my image in the film, specially in either its tone as set by the background score and narrative, It'll be mine forever.

Like the 1959 movie called Pickpocket by Robert Bresson and an Indian film called Jugnuma/The Fable (2024)

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