Jared Shafer

Jared Shafer

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  • Yes Man

    ★★★½

  • A Face in the Crowd

    ★★★★

  • I Saw the Light

    ★★½

  • Big Fish

    ★★★★

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  • I Saw the Light

    I Saw the Light

    ★★½

    Not the worst bio pic but also not the best. Tom was good. I don't understand why they had clips of the interviews in it. It made the movie feel inconsistent. Like are they trying to do a bio pic or a documentary.

  • Big Fish

    Big Fish

    ★★★★

    Charming film!! Great to be able to finally watch it with Isaac. Favorite quotes are"
    Josephine: I'd like to take your picture.
    Senior Ed Bloom: Oh, you don't need a picture. Just look up "handsome" in the dictionary." And " Sandra Bloom: You don't even know me. Young Ed Bloom: I have the rest of my life to find out." You all should give the soundtrack of the musical a listen too. It's also very good.

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  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

    ★★★★★

    Glad I didn't watch it on my flight back from Brazil!! Jokes aside, overall I thought it was interesting how we saw the beginning of WW2 as someone who was only out for himself and not for either side. I really enjoyed the ethic of the black and white would have probably not enjoyed it as much if I had seen the colorized version of it. I liked how Rick reminded me of Han Solo when it came to his…

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

    ★★★★★

    My favorite part is when the ghost of Christmas present throws the line that “If they would rather die they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” while at Bob cratchets house and scrooge is asking if tiny tim will live.