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  • Platoon

    ★★★★½

  • Interstellar

    ★★★★★

  • Becoming Led Zeppelin

    ★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

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  • Platoon

    Platoon

    ★★★★½

    Really great movie. Seeing Tropic Thunder before seeing this movie really ruined Elias’ death scene, though that’s no fault of this movie. The Taylor dialogue could be a little too on the nose at times, but that’s really my only complaint. 

    My first thought was to contrast the portrayal of the morale and attitudes of the men in Platoon vs. World War II movies like Saving Private Ryan and shows like Band of Brothers. Are WWII pieces romanticized, or did…

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

    ★★★★★

    First total rewatch in years. Perfect blend of plot, symbolism, and subtlety without “insisting upon itself,” to quote movie critic Peter Griffin. Cried at the end.

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  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    Joker: Folie à Deux

    ★★★★★

    I can’t believe I didn’t notice all these cameras following me around every day

  • Becoming Led Zeppelin

    Becoming Led Zeppelin

    ★★★★

    “We all have our preferences”

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