Dude Rates Movies
🎬 2025 facts
In 2025, I logged 30 ratings, from 25 unique movies, and 13 movies seen at the theater.
My longest streak of movie-watching days was from 24 January to 27 January, with 4 movies watched.
My longest pause without any movie-watching was from 6 April to 21 April.
The oldest movie I saw was Singin' in the Rain, from 1952.
2025 Classics League
A-rated movies I saw in 2025 which were released before 2025.
This movie takes the time to tell its story very carefully and properly. It hooked me from beginning to end, slowly burning through its outstanding cinematography and Ralph Fiennes' very strong presence.
It raises the usual (but always interesting) questions about faith, in a way that is still very interesting to follow for a non-believer.
It is a good demonstration of the power of restraint. When the end goal of the story is so straightforward, the slightest twist is an interesting plot point. When the diction of characters is so serene, the mere raising of one's voice is an event. When the visuals revolve around men being sequestered inside a conclave, a specific framing or contrast is a painting.
The music sounded a bit too dramatic in my opinion, but it was close enough to being a good companion to the image that it's not really an issue.
Good movie!
On the edge of my seat from the beginning to the end. This is really good stuff.
I really enjoyed the urgency of the movie, the attention to details of how TV worked back in the day, and the ethical (and practical) questions raised by broadcasting events on live TV.
It was also impressive to see how talented TV directors, journalists, hosts, actually are. Only matched by the talent of this very movie's crew. 👏
It seems that this movie stayed under the radar, but it shouldn't have!
Monday 21 April 2025
permalinkSuch a delightful and sweet movie.
I very much enjoyed the musical numbers, in particular Do-Re-Mi which I'm still listening to days after, and which stays in my head, brightening my days and nights.
I liked how the story honors the power of music, first to reconnect a father with his children, then to literally fight Nazism, and at all times, for celebrating love.
The tension in the final act was keeping me on the edge my seat, and the final rendition of Edelweiss, in its context, brought a tear to my eye.
The gorgeous cinematography subliming the Austrian sets further helps the quality of the movie.
I'm not always a fan of old classics, but this one is a really good one.