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Moonstruck 1987
"Listen. You wanna know why I chase women? I find women charming. I teach these classes I've taught for a million years. The spontaneity went out of it for me a long time ago. I started off, I was excited about something and I wanted to share it. Now it's rote, it's the multiplication table. Except sometimes. Sometimes I'm droning along and I look up, and there's this fresh young beautiful face, and it's all new to her and I'm…
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Past Lives 2023
Wait so you're telling me that in a past life, I too could have been with someone who I never really knew, and in a current life, I could be tethered to a wet noodle, and every shred of communication I have with the opposite sex is blown meekly through a straw?
This one tricked me. Had a nice Valentine's Day watch with the gf. The film had a warmth that paired nicely with the red wine and cheese board.…
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Birth 2004
I appreciate the practicality of the story, exploring how real people might handle this, um, unique situation. It was almost shocking to see characters "do what I would do" now and then. Would I take a bath with the little fellow, probably not, but by that point, Nicole has complete ownership of the film and we'll follow her wherever she wants to take things.
To me, this is a film about possession. For a brief moment in time, a kid…
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Vagabond 1985
No sympathy for people who choose, on their own accord, to be miserable selfish assholes. This is someone who shirks society, then uses people to survive in the name of freedom, then bolts when the weed and wine runs out. An unpleasant viewing experience, and not in a provocative, challenging way. I mean in a vacant way.
If the message is that true freedom is inherently impossible in our world, why use such a wastoid protagonist to convey it? This film doesn’t feel experimental to me, just pointless.
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