Movies that I watched or remembered in 2021. Dry year.
1. A Sun (2019)
Drama washed with a coat of everyday life, and everyday insecurities. Silent tormentor.
2. Primer (2005)
Give a guy a camera, acting finesse, old school time-travel from the books, and $7,000. Out from the box you receive the most logical time-travel movie to date.
3. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
A nightmare our main characters do not escape from and we cannot look away from. Uncomfortable, sharp, and fitting score tuned with violin and hip-hop. Sweat, veins, contracting pupils, pop of the pill fizzing in water.
4. American Psycho (2000)
Bale dressed in a crisp suit – and drenched in madness.
5. Office Space (1999)
Relief from comparing my salary to Silicon Valley salaries.
6. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
“I walked in knowing nothing about the film, but I left the theater wanting to watch nothing else in the conceivable future.”
Except I never had a theatre experience rather on my 13″ laptop stomach down on the floor mattress. I also didn’t want to watch anything else after. Top 20 of all time.
7. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Really enjoyable. Last group-worthy movie since The Gentleman.
8. Nomadland (2020)
Really not enjoyable. Remembered for its critical acclaim and me squinting hard to pin it down.
9. Sound of Metal (2020)
Watched on the plane, with the roaring engines muffling the entire audio until the very end at crisp silence.
10. Dune (2021)
Dream team creating my dream movie. The sounds and visuals are precise and artful enough for a PhD dissertation, just see below.
“Visual-audial orgasm of galactic proportions” “Prelude to a galactic holocaust of unfathomable proportions.“
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