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Endless Love 2014
It was my sisters turn to pick a film after I made her suffer through fistful of dollars and I have to say this we found this utterly hilarious, aided by a pillaged bottle of Oyster Bay sauv-b.
She envisioned the possibility of her bringing a bloke home from Exeter university who spent three minutes saying he’s sacking off work in the pursuit of “true love” and making a poetic monologue to our father, and I am very excited at…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
Wow et cetera. So consistently thoughtful and relentlessly perfect it almost leaves you spent. Found myself longing for a frame or a scene below par enough to pause and catch my breath and my brain.
Like sitting an exam you’re fully prepared for and getting the perfect question when flipping the page - engaging, rewarding, even thrilling, but at the same time, if you’re exhausted, you wouldn’t mind stepping outside for some air or checking your phone with a cigarette halfway through.
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India Song 1975
Utterly brilliant projection of post-colonialism, gender, class, and the many nuances that these topics entail. One of those films that should be shot into space so we can prove to the aliens we’re wise and creative and such. Five stars from both mum and myself 👍
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Pride & Prejudice 2005
A beautiful cinematic achievement often overshadowed by the potency of the plot it builds itself upon.
This is my favourite Austen novel, so I had high hopes after watching the brilliant ‘95 adaptation that this would live up to the billing. I confess, I was worried that the essential “slow-burn” between Darcy and Lizzie was going to be lost in the format of a film, but they managed to get their timings just right. Every scene served it’s purpose.
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