High School Teacher
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The Avengers 2012
This was kind of a put-it-on-so-we-don't-have-to-think movie, and that mission was definitely accomplished. Not a lot of thinking to be had here.
It's kind of a hard movie to write about on Letterboxd. Was it good? Hot take, the movie grossed a gazillion dollars. Was it bad? Yeah, it's a vacuous Hollywood blockbuster. It's really just kind of fine. I used to consider it a shining moment for superhero movies, something along the "best of what the genre could be,"…
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The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
I used to think that this was the best Wes Anderson film, but that was in a world before Fantastic Mr. Fox, Moonrise Kingdom, and Grand Budapest Hotel. Don't worry-- the movie still rules! Amazing ensemble cast. That has become par-for-the-course in an Anderson film, but it's so novel in 2001. I mean just look at that cover! He really has a knack for getting great performances out of some just-ok actors (looking at you Paltrow, Wilson, Wilson, Stiller, etc.).…
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Embarrassed to say that this is the first time I’ve ever seen this! I get the hype. Jimmy Stewart is such a movie star in this movie. Some times it feels a bit over the top, but then I remember that this is legitimately 75 years old. Not really sure why it’s heralded as a Christmas movie— more like a Christmas ending. Trying to imagine any other movie saving a genre’s most identifiable tropes for Act 3... A Fast and…
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