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Saving Private Ryan 1998
I feel so strongly about the violence and gore in this movie, and that feeling is as positive as it can be. It feels so incredibly real in a way that I feel like many other movies/ directors would over-or-under-do. I really like the way that characters are hardly precious and you feel like the GI's assuredly did back then that you can hardly get too attached to the man in the mud next to you because you're all so…
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Annie Hall 1977
I really wish an accused pedophile hadn't written, directed, and starred in this movie. I probably could have enjoyed it more had that not hung hints mind over every cool shot, every "flex-of-the-medium" show of technical prowess, and every interesting scene or decision. Every joke about sex made me wish he would talk about anything but the thing he is now most famous for: his sexual choices. There's even a mention of pedophilia. Gross.
Also, his character is kind of…
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In the Heat of the Night 1967
Tell me how you can remain racist in the face of the terrible, ice-cold fury of a Sidney Poitier death stare.
Damn, this is a good movie. I always love a movie you can feel. I felt hot and sticky watching the sweat bead up on everyone's forehead in every scene. There is so much anger on the screen and you can feel it. I really liked the performances of the leads. Nothing groundbreaking to my modern mind that has seen countless hours of procedural cop shows, but it was still a good little mystery.
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Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
Great performances, fantastic shots and cinematography, but the whole thing really felt like it was choking on its own self importance.
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