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Generally... (to avoid gravity wells)
* I should not rate old things because it will put a lot of old stuff in my recommendations due to organic segregation by age.
* I should not rate too many things that are part of recent big franchises, or in very distinct genres, or with cult followings, because large fandoms are heard loud and clear by the algorithm. (sc1-f1, st*r w*rs, c0m1cs, 4n1m3)
* I should not rate good unique things that are easily misunderstood, or which attract fans for the wrong reasons. (the fp, tropic thunder, br1tish)
* I should not rate war movies, gore, horror and gruesome things.
* I should not use the Watchlist feature and may want to disguise titles in my Bio.
Finally, I believe the normal distribution of the things I care to rate should be between 5 and 10, not between 1 and 10, because that would assume unreasonable things, such as me rating everything I see, or me watching absolutely anything even if it appears very bad, or that such a distribution is what actually exists in the media.
10/10 Taskmaster (UK)
9/10 Home Movies (1999-2004)
9/10 Long Way Round
9/10 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
9/10 The Princess Bride
9/10 Watership Down
9/10 The Secret of Nimh
9/10 Children of Men
9/10 Children Underground
8/10 B4tman Bey0nd
8/10 F4rscape
8/10 F1refly
8/10 The T1ck (2016–2019)
8/10 Leg10n (2017)
8/10 Jess1ca J0nes
8/10 St4r Tr3k TNG
8/10 St4rgate Un1verse
8/10 4nd0r
8/10 Donnie Darko
8/10 The Iron Giant
8/10 Tropic Thunder
8/10 The Righteous Gemstones
8/10 Tigerland
8/10 Tenet
8/10 Moon
8/10 Gravity
8/10 Just1ce League (2001)
8/10 Just1ce League Unlimited (2004)
8/10 Good Morning Vietnam
7/10 St4rgate Atl4ntis
7/10 24
7/10 Her0es
7/10 L0st
7/10 B4nd of Br0thers
7/10 Futur4ma
7/10 4ce V3ntura
7/10 Dune
7/10 The X-Files
7/10 The Umbrella Academy
7/10 Dunkirk
7/10 The Revenant
7/10 Croupier
7/10 The FP
7/10 Fern Gully
7/10 Three's Company
7/10 T1tans
7/10 1nvinc1ble
5/10 St*r Tr3k: V0yager
1/10 Drag0nball Z
1/10 D0ctor Wh0
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Last Breath (2019)
Wow is right. If you find this boring, I am suspicious of you.
I think this is a fantastic documentary and would go on my list of greats like Touching The Void and Man On Wire.
The ratings on this are so weird. People think it's boring, but it is not, at all.
I tell you, if you have a brain, and emotion, and are a real human being, not a superficial 21st century malformed, then this is thrilling and emotional.
I wonder how many of the people saying it is boring are repeating a message or brigading, and I have no idea why.
It's not overselling the story. It's giving facts and reality, from tough people.
There are no action sequences. There is certainly no car chase. Maybe that's what they don't like. It wasn't filmed as it happened. It's a documentary.
It involves oil. Maybe that's something to hate it for? This happened during repair work on an oil platform undersea.
Make or Break (2022)
episode 1 - surfing is sexist, black lives matter
I've seen many good surfing documentaries and I love them. I don't get the same from this one. It doesn't speak about the very human heart of the sport.
This is content made for a different group of people. It apparently wants to virtue signal and make social commentary and is very clumsy and superficial in doing so. In my eyes this is actually demeaning to multiple groups of people, even the ones it wants to prop up.
In the first episode you will be told surfing is sexist and shown a surfboard with black lives matter plastered on it. So rebel. Much punk. The women compete on a smaller wave, but now they're moving to the big wave surfed in the men's competition, due to a shark attack. The women's final on the big wave is low scoring.
I wonder what women weren't shown who didn't agree with the idea of changing the location.
Ancient Apocalypse (2022)
Fascinating view of pre-history
Loved it. Extremely entertaining and well researched, apparently over decades.
Current knowledge says we advanced from hunter-gatherers to agricultural civilization starting roughly 10-12k years ago, as the last ice age was ending.
This documentary says civilization started earlier, and goes further to say that the cataclysm of 12k years ago was a catalyst leading to a spread of knowledge by a significant prior civilization to many parts of the world.
It presents a fascinating possible history before history, and ties it together with broad evidence in common myths and shared esoteric knowledge.
I have thought about an idea like this before, independently, because to me it merely makes sense that things are more complex than we usually assume, and because I am often reminded of this idea when I hear about some new discovery of ancient artifacts that predate what we commonly think of as the beginning of the end of hunter-gatherer life.
I am so glad someone spent their time and energy on this, and I hope that anyone who is driven to disagree with it can open their mind to the possibility. I think it makes us universally more impressive as a species, which might actually be the opposite of what those who would want to disagree are thinking it says.
Glass Onion (2022)
Who is the writer fighting?
This movie is overloaded with what appears to be scenes and dialogue responding to events on social media. The first half hour is about the person or people who wrote it, not the people in the story or on the screen. Scene after scene of one-sided cliched identity nonsense. Jam packed with the lamest pop culture references, as if that's what I am here for. I am amazed that this can get you above a 7. Somehow this is what a lot of people want now? I keep seeing this in recent movies and show. It seems that pandering to a naive immature demographic pays off, and the target audience seems to respond by rating the movie highly only because of that. I think there is a better way. I mean, I know, because movies are not new, neither is storytelling, and neither is social conflict. This is clumsy, crude stuff. Cave man stuff.
Kantara (2022)
I love this movie and will probably consider it an all-time favorite.
I had the pleasure of seeing this incredible film, and I am in complete awe of it. The way that it communicates powerful and important messages with grace and meaning is truly remarkable. It is thrilling, inspiring, funny, raw, and genuine all at the same time. It is a beautiful representation of a different culture and perspective, and it is a reminder of what can be accomplished when powerful stories are told. As an American, I have seen the best of our movies go downhill for decades, so being able to watch a movie like this from another culture is so refreshing and inspiring. It is a reminder that powerful stories can still be told, and it is a reminder to never forget the importance of human perspectives. This movie is an absolute must-see, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a powerful and meaningful story.
Flowers: Episode #2.2 (2018)
Great show
I was enchanted by the quirky comedic brilliance and open, yet nuanced, approach to mental wellness and everyday relationship issues depicted in this episode. The chemistry between Shun and Maurice was particularly memorable, and I felt reminded of Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding's interplay on The Mighty Boosh. Will Sharpe as Shun is flawless and I only recently learned that he is also the creator, writer and director!
I found the supposed 'racist moments' to be the most amusing part of the episode and I think it is a deliberate message that the most unsophisticated characters, Carol and Caroll, are the ones who most question whether it is racist or not. It is clear that the show is aware of the potential for misinterpretation and I consider is no coincidence that these two characters have the same name and share the same thoughtless opinions, while also being in a societal position above the others.
I would highly recommend this series to anyone who values great comedy and engaging stories. It is the perfect example of the kind of show I would love to see more of, and I applaud everyone involved in its production.
Inside Job (2021)
Temporary artificial subversive edgy meta emulation
This show is artificial. It wants to be something. It does not achieve it. It wants to score easy points. It follows forced formulas. Its jokes are often not funny. It's a show that can only have been made in these times. It fools fools.
I guess it wants to make certain people feel victory, and others feel shame, but its fighting a battle I don't think needs to be fought. It wants to 'stick it to the man', but it's the wrong man entirely. It's not a battle that needs to be fought, but it seems to be a battle that some people want to witness.
It's extremely clumsy and obvious to me what it is trying to do, and I cannot give it anything for that. It's not worth existing in any catalog of great works.
There are great animated series that say significant things, or have great jokes, or are simply entertaining, and this is not one of them. This is something else, and it is not interesting to me at all.
It's insulting and I think that's what the most fanatic viewers want; they want to watch something that insults someone who is not interested in listening. I don't need that. I consider it pandering to a weak mind. I don't need temporary artificial emotional support because I lost an argument online. That's not what my life is about. That's not why I am a capable independent. That is the way of the nobody who does nothing except lazily rally behind others.