I can't do it. It's a great movie, beautifully shot and well-acted, and you can't go wrong with a Romeo and Juliet story, but the dancing and singing is just so dumb to me. I can't do musicals.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
I loved this movie from start to finish. It kept me on the edge of my seat with the structure of its events, and the narration and cuts to scenes apart from Miles' journey served the progression of the story well. The music choices added greatly to the scenes, setting very clear moods in addition to the diegetic sounds of the movie, especially the alarms towards the end of the film. Don Siegel chose excellent ways to portray the mania…
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GoodFellas 1990
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GoodFellas is very good at introducing the atrocities of the gangsters as believable, expected, and almost reasonable. The dialogue and acting are full of well-crafted mannerisms and humorous but intense interactions, but the movie really shines in the way the narration explains the events taking place. Henry's narration is able to excuse everything, no matter how despicable, but the final half-hour of the film makes the movie - the narration becomes fast-paced and uncertain, Henry becomes nervous and agitated, and…
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Poltergeist 1982
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Poltergeist is a shining example of how technical skill can enhance a ghost movie. When it uses the camera's ability to switch the perspective of a hallway, or when the lighting highlights the presence of the spirits (specifically the TV static at the beginning of the film playing off Carol Ann's face), this movie takes the haunting to the next level. I also enjoyed the script for the finale, as the movie follows up on the uprooting of the graveyard…
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