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  My Neighbor Totoro 1988

  ★★★★★ Rewatched by jake panek 27 May 2022

  “There she goes again with tomorrow.”

  life mimics nature, nature renews the earth. visceral and transcendent—one of the only animated films about life that feels larger than it.

  MASTERPIECE

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  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022

  Added by jake panek

  “Warning: the following words are my opinion. If you disagree, just keep that to yourself and know that you are a terrible person for disagreeing with me.

  One of the earliest and most vivid memories I have of being in a movie theater was seeing ‘The Avengers’ during its opening weekend. I had definitely seen Marvel movies up until that point—Robert Downey Jr. stumbling around on the verge of death in ‘Iron Man’ was a terrifying scene that was quickly…

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  Top Gun 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched by jake panek 26 May 2022

  “I lost him in the sun.”

  american navy propaganda, sure, but i wouldn’t have my american navy propaganda any other way than this. unabashed, glorious sun-kissed pop—every frame of this glows so perfectly, and each line and piece of music is earnestly romantic and triumphantly exhilarating. if anything, this is proof that i’m a sucker for an aggressively 80s movie and further proof that tom cruise has always been one of the best movie stars.

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  The Monuments Men 2014

  Watched by jake panek 24 May 2022

  forgot to log this, which i guess says everything. completely forgettable, which isn't necessarily bad, but taking a story that’s this compelling on paper and an ensemble this stacked and presenting it like… this has to be some sort of crime, right? i’d say i’ll watch this and actually pay attention to it instead of working on stuff, but i just don’t want to.

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  The Tatami Galaxy 2010

  ★★★★½ Watched by jake panek 04 Apr 2020

  “That was my first contact with Ozu, as well as my worst contact.”

  might watch this again so i could actually look at the animation and visuals instead of speed reading the subtitles; slow the fuck down, man

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  Christmas Mail 2010

  ½ Watched by jake panek 23 Mar 2019 1

  Missghetti
  Sprinkle fights
  A 2.5 million dollar budget
  People tweeting their letters to Santa instead of writing them
  Mailmen going on foot to pick up mail
  Air guitar on a loaf of bread
  Bossy villain guy who for some reason wants a woman who’s improving their business to be kicked out
  A “picnic” inside a post office

  
  Need I say more