“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift

Got a long list of ex-lovers

“Lonely Starbucks lovers”

The Thirteenth Floor (1999) depicts a better story about simulated reality than The Matrix (1999) does.

have elements of disaster which is good enough here

Going by this criterion, my favorite disaster movie is Con Air (1997)

Technically not a time travel show, but it is my favorite show of time travel: “White Tulip” (Fringe S02 E17)

Inception (2010)

Mini Metro

American Gods

The first season of the TV series is a banger, but the subsequent seasons suffer from a decline in quality. Also, the series finale is just so disappointing compared to the ending of Gaiman’s novel.

Recently, I watched…

Batman Returns (1992): The scene of the cats congregating around Selina Kyle after Shreck threw her out of the office window (and before she’s reborn as Catwoman) is so iconic. I remember seeing that scene on television when I was a child. Danny DeVito’s performance as The Penguin is also mega.

Blade Runner (1982): My eyes got heavy while watching it because all of the scenes are visually dark, which is certainly intentional. The world-building is amazing.

12 Monkeys (1995): It was interesting to watch this movie after having seen the TV series when it originally aired. The TV series is my second favorite sci-fi show, but I thought the movie was fine.

Tenet hurt my soul

As someone who watched Primer and Tenet back-to-back (both first-time viewings), I am amazed that a film produced on an astronomically higher budget than the other could be twice as confusing, twice as long (!), and so much more exhausting because of the story’s reliance on world-ending stakes.

exposition dumps

The most egregious example that I encountered recently was in Annihilation. What specifically annoyed me was the scene in which a member of the Shimmer team who rows in the same boat as Natalie Portman’s character tells her something to the effect of, “We’re all damaged goods.”

She then proceeds to provide Portman’s character a straight up list of the internal struggles that each of the team members face.

I completely agree with the last sentiment you shared! I think of Cloud Atlas as a flawed gem and am glad to have watched it at least once.

Cloud Atlas (2012)

I didn’t think the plot of the film was too confusing, but trying to keep track of which cast member played which character in each respective time period while watching the film was challenging.

I didn’t grasp the implications of the final scene with Aaron and the workers until I checked the plot write-up on Wikipedia.