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I'm Still Here 2024
Of course Fernanda Torres' performance is key but I think the other reason this movie hits so hard is the largely uneventful first act. Everyone's chemistry in the Paiva family is magnetic and feels so authentic, it's hard to believe they're even acting. By the end of that first hour you're a member of the family and the following two hours are absolutely devastating as a result. It's (yet another) tough but necessary watch reminding us democracy is more fragile and shouldn't be taken for granted.
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Forrest Gump 1994
Everyone else can debate whether this is a satirical or earnest take on American exceptionalism but I'll continue to enjoy it as quality comfort viewing. I can't seem to pry away from following the current political climate so it's kinda inspiring to watch someone remain so optimistic (if not completely oblivious) through America's darkest moments in the 20th century. Yeah the story is 2.5 hours of boomer nostalgia bait but it's more endearing than patronizing, and at least still holds up as a technical achievement 30 years later.
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Godzilla 1998
All those film snobs will tell you Godzilla isn’t just a lame monster movie, it's a metaphor for the use of atomic weapons and a vehicle for exploring nationwide trauma after the bombing of Japan.
Thankfully in the late 90s, Roland Emmerich realized we wanted nothing to do with these high brow elitist themes of “consequences” or “existential dread” and instead made a movie that says absolutely nothing at all, a Godzilla movie for the everyman!
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Panic Room 2002
Within five minutes this movie has told you all about the panic room. How it opens, the cameras, location, everything. Panic Room knows what you came for and it doesn’t bother with anything more. Just enough character development and barebones set design to facilitate a nail-biting thriller.
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