Much like River Kwai this could be a 3.5 or a 4. Based on production or writing or acting I might knock it half a point but they're films I love and are reminiscent of another time so I'm gonna give them 4's anyway. Not that I needed to explain myself, I think I just wanted to talk that out.
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Bridge of Spies 2015
I originally had this rated as a 3 1/2 but I'm moving it down a full star after this rewatch. I remember thinking it was much more compelling when it first came out (I know I watched it at least 2 or 3 times) but I was a bit bored this time around. It's a very slow movie and the payoff, while meaningful and important, isn't all that emotionally captivating.
Plus there's way too much of that trademark Spielberg whimsy…
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Oliver! 1968
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75/97This was my first encounter with Oliver! or even Dickens' Oliver Twist for that matter. I was much more entertained by it than I expected. I'm not a big movie musical fan but this one was quite well done and I found the pace quite upbeat. I did mostly enjoy the music too other than some of the slower songs or when Nancy sings about her undying love about the man who just slapped…
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023
Simply delightful.
I love that each actor plays multiple characters. It's such a great cast too, everybody delivers. Fantastic storytelling, the lighting was marvelous, great set design and costumes too. I expected nothing less from Wes on a 40 minute piece like this. He and Roald Dahl certainly seem to have some marvelous, strange, artistic connection but I'm here for it.
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