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  Born Yesterday 1950

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025 1

  Loved it. Great script, perfect chemistry between the leads, really made me chuckle in places.

  Did not expect it to be so patriotic, and for me to love it despite that. 

  Paul: Has he ever thought of anyone but himself?
  Billie: Who does?
  Paul: Millions of people, Billie. The whole history of the world is a story of the struggle between the selfish and the unselfish.
  Billie: I can hear you.
  Paul: All thats bad around us is bred by selfishness. Sometimes selfishness can even get to be - a cause, an organised force, even a government. And then it's called fascism. Can you understand that?

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  I need to think on this one. 

  I was enjoying it, I liked the simplicity of his life, his kindness, his joy in simple pleasures. I too find joy in routine so it was a comforting experience.

  Where it lost me, was the scene near the end with alcohol. I just felt like that tipped the whole msg and joy on its head and destroyed the concept for me. 

  I did love the blocking, lighting and how the mundane was brought to life.

Popular reviews

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  Barry Lyndon 1975

  ½ Watched 27 Mar 2024 9

  I could not finish this movie, it may be pretty but by god is it boring. Ryan brings nothing to the character and is so bland. One of those films that really looks amazing as a story on paper, but it just wasn't captured by the cast. This could have been an adventure, instead it was watching pretty paint dry.

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  Paris, Texas 1984

  ★ Watched 17 Sep 2023 2

  Oh I'm against the grain with this one. I didn't like it at all. 

  The final mirror scene was good but otherwise I wasn't really that engaged, it felt bleak and alienating. 

  Plot wise - wtaf? Your brother and his wife have adopted your abandoned son, cared for and loved him for four years and put him in a settled situation. You arrive, take him away and take him to your ex (his mother) so she can be a single…