GandalfTheMuse

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Oh sorry, I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of mine: I choose the wisest person present to speak to.

Favorite films

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Godfather
  • Breathless

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  • The French Connection

    ★★★★

  • Red River

    ★★★½

  • A Bronx Tale

    ★★★

  • Pride and Prejudice

    ★★★★

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  • Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    ★★★

    Witty dialogue and wonderful performance from Charles Laughton. 

    Agatha Christie’s famed plot twists are nothing but inane. Her plot devices stick out of this film like a broken collar bone.

  • Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

    Monsieur Hulot's Holiday

    ★★★

    An atmosphere

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  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

    ★★★★★

    “It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca and the Germans have outlawed miracles.”

    It’s still Casablanca.

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

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    ★★★★★

    “If in doubt, Frodo, always follow your nose.”

    Masterful, glorious, emotional, iconic, and the definition of the word epic. 

    It is always tempting with Tolkien to try to elucidate the leviathan of meaning and symbolism lurking beneath the waves. But what makes Lord of the Rings great is that it is just a story. As Chesterton once said:

    “The old epic poets at least knew how to tell a story, possibly a tall story but never a twisted story, never a…