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Allegro non troppo 1976
A "parody" of Fantasia and deeply French (goofy cartoon nudity, for example). The Bolero sequence is incredible. The live-action vignettes are proto-Tim-and-Eric. So much so that this may be the only comedy they've ever seen.
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Belladonna of Sadness 1973
Gorgeous, but totally completely at odds with its subject material. There are multiple sequences that were clearly meant to be watched while stoned, prog-rock included.
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The Prestige 2006
It was really weird to me when people would say they didn't understand Inception, but if they saw it again, they'd probably get it. It's not a hard movie to understand. The only truly confusing part is the first thirty minutes, but once Cobb explains everything to Ariadne, the audience proxy, it's not hard to follow at all. Every part of the movie's logic is explained at least three times, which becomes detrimental to rewatches.
The Prestige is less easy…
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Romeo + Juliet 1996
Years before Baz Luhrmann botched The Great Gatsby, he botched Romeo and Juliet. Others have criticized this one far better than I could, but suffice it to say that the only ones that aren't hamming this up are Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. John Leguizamo is unbearable as Tybalt, and Pete Postlethwaite has his moments as the Father. But the moments Romeo and Juliet are on screen together are really the only times this movie becomes good. Almost everything else is excruciating.
At least it got us the Radiohead song Exit Music (For a Film).
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