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The Dark Knight 2008
I recently referred to Insomnia as "the least 'Nolan-y' of all of Nolan's films", but I never noticed just how much that film has in common with this one until this viewing. As I also recently mentioned, in the The Prestige, Nolan explores the idea of a story-within-a-story-within-a-story, where the stakes are a man trying to get home to his child, and it feels like a bit of a test run before he would do that same thing better (imo)…
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Maid in Manhattan 2002
"It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be."
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Barefoot Gen 1983
A wonderfully made—but absolutely gut-wrenching—movie. Everyone should watch it once. I don't know if I'll ever watch it a second time.
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The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951
I love everything about this. From the goofy theremin music, to the goofy way Gort looks when he walks, to the (not goofy) way that Klaatu is able to issue a threat without sound menacing. Sure, this movie spends a bit more time focusing on Klaatu dwelling in 50s Americana than I would like, but it's still an incredibly fun product of its time. And on that note: this definitely isn't one of those "timeless" classics that "feels like it…
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Hugo 2011
Hot take: this is my favorite Scorsese picture.
A beautiful love letter to not just Georges Méliès, but all of early cinema.
My only major complaint is that Sacha Baron Cohen's character is a bit too cartoonish. Lovely film otherwise tho. One of my favorite "movies about movies."
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