Simon Dillon
2 min readApr 30, 2024

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Firstly, whilst I bleed celluloid, I absolutely despise the term "bro" so refuse to be called a "film bro". Call me an insufferable know-it-all cineaste as much as you please, but "film bro" is just ghastly. :)

Secondly, to each of your hot takes:

1. Agreed.

2. I liked all three of those, but I really couldn't give an airborne fornication who disagrees with me.

3. His best film is The Sixth Sense (a masterpiece) and everything else is a lesser beast of varying degrees.

4. I enjoy all the Spider-Man films. My favourite is the first Sam Raimi one, with Into the Spider-Verse a close second. But as I said, I like them all.

5. I don't care for Zack Snyder, and refer you to my take on his extended cut of Justice League (see below).

https://fanfare.pub/justice-league-from-incoherently-to-coherently-boring-fcb1e70826c2

6. I actually think Tenet is pretty damn good. And Interstellar. Nolan's weakest film? Probably Following or Insomnia, but the former is still interesting considering he made it on a micro-budget. I agree The Prestige is underrated.

7. Well, I agree purely because for anything to be considered "great" it should be at least ten years old. Films need to stand the test of time, and the original Star Wars trilogy has. I think the best post original trilogy film is The Last Jedi. I generally don't give twin defecations about the TV series, but I did like Andor.

8. I like some Wes Anderson films. Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Grand Budapest Hotel, for instance. But his last two films have been a serious case of the Emperor has no clothes.

9. I actually love A.I. Artificial Intelligence, but it took me about three attempts to reach that conclusion. Now I think it's a neglected masterpiece. But I must say, much as I adore Spielberg (my love of his work is well-documented), he has made some, if not exactly bad, then rather average films (1941, Hook, and Always leap to mind).

10. I'm largely indifferent to Tarantino, with the exception of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, both of which I think are superb. The rest wildly vary in quality.

11. Joker? It's fairly solid. But the films that obviously inspired it (Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy) are better, and undeniably more singular, in my not remotely humble opinion.

Thirdly, please forgive the double link bomb, but I suspect this article will amuse you. :)

What Kind of Cinemagoer Are You? | Fanfare

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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