Probably the best true successor to Linklater in the genre of hangout movie as meditation on time. If the existential thrust of a more conventional sports film is sports as a standin for self-actualization and achievement in the world, then the thrust here is pastime as passage of time. It’s a game none of the characters want to end, until thats the only thing anyone wants, at which point it won’t happen—then it’s suddenly over, period. Despite all that, it’s actually less…
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There Will Be Blood 2007
Some of the bombast at the end hit its notes a little harder than I’d totally prefer but goddamn is this thing fun to watch.
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Ju-on: The Grudge 2002
Lit and acted slightly worse than the corresponding scenes in scary movie
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