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  Barbie 2023

  Watched 17 Jan 2025

  Barbie is to feminists what Whiplash is to jazz musicians; really profound and enjoyable to anyone who's never heard the word 'patriarchy' before, but unnervingly misrepresentative and just somewhat problematic for anyone with even a surface level understanding of feminist theory. Conflict between the sexes is painted in broad, black and white strokes where men wake up one day and decide that being sexist is cool, and women have to reclaim their autonomy by chopping mens' balls off. I do…

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  Fight Club 1999

  Rewatched 22 Oct 2024

  I remember just kinda not getting or liking this movie when I first watched it, yet I could NOT stop thinking about it for months after the fact. Finally rewatched it today as I'm writing a research paper on it and man it is IMPOSSIBLE to pin this movie down to a single interpretation. There's so many parasitic details, odd moments and loose ends that go unnoticed at first glance which stand to ruin an otherwise systematic reading of this…

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  Whiplash 2014

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  I feel like Whiplash and La La Land reveal a problematic conservatism in Damien Chazel's movies: He seems pretty convinced of what I find to be a regressive close-mindedness towards music, antiquated with a longing for "the time back then when music was still good". When I was 13, I thought this was a cool idea to align myself with. I've grown since then. Damien Chazel, an otherwise astounding film director, seems to have not. Both Whiplash and La La…

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  Call Me by Your Name 2017

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  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.