"Jack, I swear---" he said, though Jack had never asked him to swear anything and was himself not the swearing kind.
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Raging Bull 1980
I typically like engaging with a character who comes to see their punishments manifest without any tangible direction out of their fear, regret, and shame, but for a movie about boxing (and with plenty of violence depicted otherwise), I found the story’s rage soulless and the “atonement” tedious. LaMotta is cruel, trapped in his own pride, and not only could I not sympathize with him (though, that’s not really the point), I couldn’t bring myself to care about him (or…
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The Great Gatsby 2013
I don't know how to rate this. I don't like it... I respect it... the execution is nauseating... the Young and Beautiful scene *is* cinema... Leo DiCaprio you will always be famous... Daisy did nothing wrong... I remember watching this movie on a rental DVD when it released, and I can't explain it, but this is just the kind of movie you'd rent from your local Redbox in the early 2010s.
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Top Gun 1986
Really, really obsessed with the amount of... well, with every exterior scene being shot at sunset, the dripping sweat on everyone's faces in every single scene, the same two songs playing on a loop the whole movie, how "I have a hard-on" was said more than once, and the polished swagger of Tom Cruise's leather jacket with a random Dallas, Texas patch on it. All I could think about during the volleyball scene was how awesome it would be if…
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