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Spirited Away

Spirited Away 2001

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Perfect movies exist.

Spirited Away

Spirited Away 2001

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

This dips a little when it gets into plot stuff and moves away from bathouse hijinks, but still what a goddamn picture.

The Menu

The Menu 2022

★★★★ Liked Watched

An absolute banger.

No mussin, no fussin, just a tight little movie that makes good on is premise. Every scene and concept here flows fluidly, building to a wonderfully dark finale where King Psycho turns what should be his heaven into his own personal hell.

Se7en

Se7en 1995

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

I’m just glad that David Fincher is making movies again.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Extended Edition

I decided to address my disconnect with The Lord of the Rings once and for all by watching the definitive versions of the story in the only way my smooth brain can process: by watching it like a miniseries.

Over the course of the week, I watched this in 1:15ish increments, and I can confirm that helped me understand what was going on and who everyone was.

My memories of the theatrical cut are hazy to say the…

GoodFellas

GoodFellas 1990

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

I would have liked a quick scene of Karen explaining her interior design choices with that second house. Really wild stuff.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

This is both the best and most satisfying movie franchise, to suggest otherwise is blasphemy IMO.

Always thought this was a cool Voldemort design! Kinda wish they kept it!

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Took my time with this one to give it a chance to really stick the emotional landing.

It did!

You bow to no one.

Good stuff. Can’t even imagine the kind of sobbing that happened in the theater back in ‘03.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

Extended Edition

The sexual undertones between Frodo and Sam graduate to overtones in this one.

Such an incredible opening sequence, though the big G's return doesn't make much sense tbh. I tried reading a wiki page to try and understand the subject, but alas, I am too dumb.

Helm's Deep stressed me out as well. And I loved Gollum's little fish song! How they could make me care about that little ghoul is a feat in and of itself.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2002

★★★★ Liked Rewatched 2

One of the things I think most about with this series is: what must it have been like to read them as they came out?

The first two are so simple and kitchy. Two books in did people expect 5 more of the same or was there a sense that it was building to a more emotionally deep, complex story?

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