kael37

kael37

Professional media consumer

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Favorite films

  • Being John Malkovich
  • Amélie
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Annie Hall

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  • Disobedience

    ★★★

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★★

  • Rushmore

    ★★★★½

  • A Rainy Day in New York

    ★★½

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  • Disobedience

    Disobedience

    ★★★

    I would have appreciated this movie so much more if the representation of Orthodox Judaism wasn't laughably bad and borderline disrespectful. Telling a story of a massively underrepresented group of people in media means that authenticity is not an option, but a responsibility, and this film heavily lacks it. Rachel Weisz's character is a horrible portrayal of what a deconstructed Jew would look like, much less one raised in a heavily Orthodox environment, MUCH less one who was the only…

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★★

    Some dude in the 60s saw this movie on acid and walked out of the theater a changed man

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