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  Ikiru 1952

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  I don't know if I'll ever see another movie as good as this.
  I went in expecting to cry and was pretty stone-faced for most of it, but those last ten minutes...man.
  I don't know why I'm on a "bureaucracy bad" and "appreciate life" kick, but I'm not complaining. It is quite the strange coincidence...

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  Brazil 1985

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025 1

  Ask yourself at the beginning, as I did, why was Mr. Buttle reading A Christmas Carol when he was abducted?

  At its core, this film rejects the doctrine that one well-intentioned man, working inside the system, can effect real change. To have this signposted so hard at the beginning is delightful. Perhaps that was obvious, but I loved it. A movie with real vision; visual and auditory treat; confusing mess at times (compliment); and an underrated gem.

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  RoboCop 1987

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Aug 2024 1

  All you “losers” saying this is “brilliant satire” need to get off “Letterboxd.” Clearly this is a movie about how awesome cops are and how it would be even cooler if they were also robots

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  A Christmas Story 1983

  ★★★★ Rewatched 19 Dec 2024 2

  Consumerism and contentment.
  Like great comic strips such as Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, A Christmas Story portrays children’s rich inner lives, the schoolyard politics, the witty ideas, in a way that is enticing and riveting to adults. I appreciated the Midwest references more on a rewatch, and the orientalism that is a hallmark of its time period.
  This film IS Americana, and what an ending.

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