Homeschool history lesson vibes: kind of inspiring, kind of straightforward and bland. This is a “me” thing, but I just am not much of a war movie person, the usual exception being movies about wars from specifically the 20th century which are sometimes very interesting to me. Otherwise, I don’t care if it’s the Civil War, the War in Afghanistan, or the Peloponnesian War, I just don’t really care to see a movie about it. Doesn’t mean Glory isn’t competent! Nice…
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The Quiet Man 1952
Yes, The Quiet Man is a comedic fable that I’m sure isn’t a literal depiction of Ireland and its complicated history(???? duh?), but it’s a deftly American (in the rebel individualism represented by Sean Thorton) and Irish (in the epically entrenched sagas of families and place baked into the hills of Inisfree) one, with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara in perhaps my favorite roles of their stunning careers, lushly emerald green, deeply comforting, cozy, remarkably modern and timeless in its photography—this is…
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Brooklyn 2015
One of the most navel-gazing immigrant stories there is, and by that I mean Eilis Lacey really doesn’t encounter most of the extreme hardships that she would have—and that we are accustomed to reading about and watching—were Brooklyn set fifty years earlier, say, or if she belonged to a different ethnic group. I mean (SPOILER ALERT) her sister dies in Ireland, but Eilis endures the what could be called a “privileged” immigrant experience to America, relative to so much else faced…
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Some Like It Hot 1959
“It does remind me of White Chicks, though.” — my wife.
Happy Valentine’s Day from one of the most perfect* movies ever made! Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe get a dozen roses (or maracas, or donations to the milk fund, as the case may be) from me each.
*Joe and Jerry do spend a lot of time drawing unnecessary attention to themselves in the final act however, as my wife (referenced above) also astutely pointed out.
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