Pendiana Jones

 Before I bury this in movie reviews and TV Production updates, I have to complete assignments for AICE Media Studies:

For this assignment, we were supposed to create a story out of 1-2 major inanimate objects and 15 pictures that meet a certain parameter. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/126ZSdqytuLiGo7sIFDum-hBFZbn8_Qn4/view?usp=drivesdk

When my teacher mentioned making original ideas, I came up with something that feels obvious, Pendiana Jones. With this concept, we approached the story with simplicity, making a barebones start with mostly an outline. As we built that basic story, we found more interesting ideas to make without having some pictures feel unused, while simultaneously not overstuffing it. Late additions such as the final one with the boulder made for simple but useful additions to the plot.

I think the way we set up and our resourcefulness with what we had to work with was such a big reason we managed this with some level of simplicity. The main issue I could think of was less about me and my partner and more just myself. When I have an idea, I'm very often uncompromising, so I can be somewhat argumentative with suggested changes. On a few occasions, my stubbornness might have had a positive impact, but often, the changes I resisted ended up having an overall benefit.

Pretentiousness

 I’m Vitor, due to an assignment in Media Studies, I’m here making a blog. As I love to talk about movies non-stop (I’ve written thousands of words on why Eddington is a centrist masterpiece, not left leaning), it felt fitting to best describe myself as a pretentious young cinephile. I’m the kind of guy who will recommend a 1957 black and white Russian film on a fiancé who’s soon-to-be-husband goes to war and she ends up with her fiancé’s brother, which leads to a deep dive on the effects of war and the societal pressure on many due to them. The movie is called The Cranes Are Flying btw. I’m not the type to be rude to anyone with non-pretentious films (My third favorite movie of all time is Avengers Endgame) but the one note I have is NEVER, EVER EVER EVER, EVER talk to me about I Saw the TV Glow. I respect what it’s done and what it thinks it is, but I have a mountain of issues longer than the top 50 films of mine listed below. 

1. Scream (1996)

2. Interstellar (2014, my second fave, but my choice for best)

3. Avengers Endgame (2019)

4. The Mitchells Vs The Machines (2021)

5. Ready or Not (2019)

6. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

7. The Life of Chuck (2025)

8. Superman (1978)

9. Alien (1979)

10. Children of Men (2007)

11. Superman (2025)

12. Sinners (2025)

13. All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

14. Hara-Kiri (1962)

15. Godzilla Minus One (2023)

16. I’m Still Here (2024)

17. Inception (2010)

18. Parasite (2019)

19. The Social Network (2010)

20. Warfare (2025)

21. The Brutalist (2024)

22. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)

23. Didi (2024)

24. Eddington (2025)

25. The Apprentice (2024)

26. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

27. Whiplash (2014)

28. Civil War (2024)

29. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (2023)

30. Network (1976)

31. Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)

32. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

33. The Girl With the Needle (2024)

34. Marriage Story (2019)

35. It’s What’s Inside (2024)

36. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2010)

37. No Other Land (2024)

38. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

39. Challengers (2024)

40. A Different Man (2024)

41. F1 (2025)

42. The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

43. Inglorious Basterds (2009)

44. Jerry Maguire (1996)

45. NOPE (2022)

46. Nosferatu (2024)

47. Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025)

48. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1986)

49. Manchester By the Sea (2016)

50. A Woman Under the Influence (1974)