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The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996
Definitely the most nooses I've seen in a Disney movie.
It's a disarmingly sweet, at times breathtaking movie. A very bizarre choice for an adaptation of a children's animated musical, but then again, so was Anastasia (and good God is this better), so whatever.
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Romeo + Juliet 1996
Watched for the first time since probably 2007 or 08.
If you're not into Baz Luhrmann, then I don't think anything here is going to change your mind. But as a lit minor and lite Shakespere nerd, I found this little 90s pop culture artifact delightful.
Not all of the modernized elements of the film work- I still think framing the Queen Mab as ecstasy undermines the emotional weight of Romeo and Juliet's meeting in following scene. The sequence that…
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The Monster Squad 1987
There is a strong argument to be made that this might be the most perennial horror comedy that isn't some how attached to The Evil Dead.
Not all of it works (coercing a teenage girl by threatening to leak her nudes is...certainly a choice), but it swings wide and (mostly) knocks it out of the park. It understands how ludacris the premise is an just wallows in it. At almost 33, I was surprised by how hard I laughed at…
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In a Violent Nature 2024
The party line is that it's a Friday the 13th movie directed by Terrance Malick. Tbh, I know fuck all about Terrance Malick, but I know that this movie fucking rules.
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