My name is Laura and I like movies (“Hi, Laura.”)
My favorites are the last four movies I rated five stars.
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The Age of Innocence 1993
“She said she knew we were safe with you, and always would be, because once, when she asked you to, you’d given up the thing you most wanted.”
“She never asked.”
My friend asked after the movie if the film was saying that Ryder was a bitch. I understand where that confusion comes from but I don’t think Wharton or Scorsese is interested in passing judgment as definitively as that. It was the slightest bit machiavellian of her to tell…
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Jojo Rabbit 2019
Hahahaha Nazis are gay and dumb! Except when they do nice thing then we like them and the fact that they’re gay is proof that they’re one of the good ones!
One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. Like trying to salve a wound with ice cream -
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
Shown on 16mm if you can believe
Spielberg always said the ending wouldn’t have been the same if he was a father at the time of making it but I think his childless late 20s self was just being honest. After filming the idyllic father-son mirroring scene in Jaws, he devises another kitchen table showstopper that’s a nightmare instead. He’s trying to put himself in the position of a bad dad before it’s even happened yet because that’s how he…
