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Favorite Film Spotlight: Favorite February First Time Watches
This movie is my new Boyhood.
I connected to Boyhood not through the plot (or lack thereof) and the characters. I was not a little boy who was in elementary school in 2002 and ended up going to college in 2013. I was a little girl a year out from elementary school in 2002, and I was going into my sophomore year of high school in 2013. But it felt like my life growing up. The music, the scenery, the clothes…
Finally got around to this. This is my first year voting for the Indie Spirits, and I knew when I got the screeners that I wanted to save this one for last. That was a very wise decision. How do you follow this film? Like, I can't think of anything I'd like to watch after this. Maybe Little Women? I'm seeing that again tomorrow. The only appropriate follow up to this, it seems, is just turning it back on and…
Living up to such a tremendous film as Paddington 2 is difficult, and this doesn’t quite hit the mark. But it still feels very in line with the tone despite the shift in creative team and is very fun. Also I very much want to see where this goes next based on the post credits scene.
Such a fun movie with absolutely fantastic music. Got a little choked up this time!