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my inner monologue on paper

Favorite films

  • La La Land
  • Titanic
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • Les Misérables

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  • The Woman in the Yard

    ★★★½

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    ★★★★★

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    ★★★★½

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    ★★★★★

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  • The Woman in the Yard

    The Woman in the Yard

    ★★★½

    camera man? RAISE.
    lighting and production crew? RAISE.

    My brain? Needs step by step summaries on every scene in the last forty minutes of the film🥹🫶🏻 other than that I had a stupendous time. And by stupendous time I mean I put down my icee so I could use both hands to cover my eyes because you CUT OUT THE SOUND STOP DOING THAT ITS SCARY.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    ★★★★★

    One of my favorite films of all time.

    From the start you get an insight into Sméagol’s (Gollums) story that sets the stage for an empathic point of view in a movie designed to highlight his treachery and worthlessness; a lot on which was originally said about hobbits. But as we go through this trilogy we get a story not about the toughest always prevailing, but a story of the underdogs and their consistent fight to stand above those who…

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  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    ★★★★★

    *says with tears in her eyes while the shire ambiance plays meaningfully in the background*

    Thank you to my childhood friends for introducing me to blonde-haired Orlando Bloom and this true and incredible masterpiece.

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★

    I am audibly and visually appalled, in all the best possible ways? There is so much to dissect, from the over-sexualization and beauty expectations of women, to the bodily horror that I had to turn away and cover my ears from multiple times. 

    I am not a fan of gore in the slightest but it magnified the theme and overall concept, and really allowed for a different perspective regarding how far women are willing to go to feel beautiful within…