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  The Quiet Duel 1949

  ★★★ Watched 26 Feb 2025

  Usually, Kurosawa fills me with a sense of hope, allowing me to see the humanity and kindness within his films by the end. This one, however, left me feeling a bit drained. There are moments, of course; that idea of "Keep on keeping on," even when all hope could be lost and times are tough, but it's few and far between. Compare this to "The Most Beautiful," or "One Wonderful Sunday." Movies that have characters that are consistently beaten and…

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  Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 1999

  ★★★ Rewatched 26 Nov 2024

  Qui-Gon: Having a serious conversation about Anakin being the Chosen One.

  Me: Why does this guy in the back have a such long-ass neck?

Popular reviews

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  PlayTime 1967

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Apr 2024

  A film that , I think, is truly timeless, for at some point in our lives, we feel (or will feel) swept up in the aggressively progressive world we live in. New cars, new buildings, new technology, new trends; it's overwhelming. We get lost in it, unsure of where we're going, but somehow, it captures us.
  Monsieur Hulot is exactly who we are when he visits Paris in the film. The brutalistic, yet corpo, architecture of the city looms down…

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  Red Beard 1965

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Oct 2023

  The world's a shithole. So much cruelty, pain, and death.
  But that's where kindness thrives. A doctor, proud and stubborn, learns to be selfless and humble. A patient, living with guilt over his lover's death, devotes his life to helping his community. A child, beaten and battered, becomes a beacon of love and warmth.
  The world's broken, but Kurosawa shows us that while it might never be fixed, putting a little kindness out there makes a difference.

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