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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975
I’m not much of a reader. I wish I was, it would make me look very smart. But I’m not. I don’t know what it is but there’s so many books that I start and I just cannot finish. Maybe I’m always picking the wrong books to read or maybe I’m a brain dead Neanderthal (I think the latter is more likely).
Having said all that- I’ll never forget when I first read One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. The…
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Dazed and Confused 1993
Alright, alright, alright, another classic that I haven’t seen. I mean, what more could you want from this film? It’s fun, it’s funny, there’s hot females and males, and you get to live or relive the 70s.
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The Rocketeer 1991
It has a few pacing issues and it could use a little more nazi-punching action, but damn this is a charming, epic and nostalgic look at the old Hollywood Golden Age — made during another Hollywood Golden Age, itself.
Jennifer Connelly is perfect as the aspiring actress and Timothy Dalton (one of my favorite Bond actors) is so good as a villain it’s a wonder he seemed to fall off the radar until Hot Fuzz.
I like that Cliff starts…
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EO 2022
52 Week film challenge week 21: A film set in a country you’d like to visit.
Honestly while I do think all quiet on the western front is a better film, this would have been a really cool choice for best international film. EO at first seemed like one of those cliche “animal finds it way home” films but this was a lot more than that. The cinematography and score is so devastating but hopeful at the same time I was definitely very attached to the protagonist throughout the film.
Definitely one of the more underrated films to come out of 2022.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018
Not enough can be said about the vivid spectacle of it: the style radiates passion and has an energy that few movies (if any) can match. To put it simply, it’s pure joy.
But what’s somehow greater is that, behind those comic panels come to life, it understands what these superhero movies are all about. It’s the escapism that turns into genuine inspiration—the feeling that you’re rising through the frame with a leap of faith.
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The Lego Movie 2014
I love how much this inspires creativity, using its wacky and far ranging characters for whatever scenarios Lord and Millers want to make. It’s truly some inspiring stuff to see, and it’s quite amazing. I feel that’s why I love to come back to this movie. It just inspires me to make whatever wacky things I want to make, no matter how weird or bizarre they may be.
In 1 minute as of writing, I turn 16 and approach what…
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Return of the Jedi 1983
This was on randomly throughout the day so when I had the time I was able to watch in chunks. I don’t have much more to add except it’s so much fun. Enjoyed every moment of this, ending never fails to make me tear up
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Babylon 2022
About 30 minutes into this, Brad Pitt mentions pancakes, and that made me REALLY want pancakes, so, I paused it just sitting in my bed for like 5 minutes deciding if I should make pancakes, and eventually I decided no, I shouldn't. That'll take too much time, I said to myself. But I could, however, go to my local supermarket (which is a 5min walk aways) and buy eggos, which are like the next best thing. So I went to…
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Along the Coast 1958
Lots of beautiful imagery and editing on the (beloved, for me) topics of natural beauty and multiculturalism, but I just wasn't the most invested, which I think is sort of inherent to these sort of films that are advertisements paid for by companies - this one wasn't nearly as egregious that way as Kubrick's The Seafarers, but still had me lulling out occasionally. The satirical aspect I've heard mentioned is also lost on me outside of a few brief moments,…
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
The best of the bunch. Here we see the perfect convergence of magical storytelling; the same one that the Indy films have always given, just turned up to eleven. Harrison Ford and Sean Connery join forces and ignite the screen with their magnetic presence. Their chemistry is nothing short of electric, infusing the film with a palpable energy that fuels its very core. Ford effortlessly embodies the swashbuckling hero we know and love, while Connery brings a seasoned wisdom and…
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