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Monsters, Inc is probably the most acclaimed Pixar film I don't quite share the same affinity for, even if I can recognise it's craft. It's a fun film that showcases the studio's creativity and world-building chops that defined their early years, but generally I feel like it doesn't quite carry the thematic heft of the first Toy Story films or the subsequent releases that would come later in the decade.
It's leads and main antagonist are brilliantly cast, theβ¦
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I made this mistake of watching this while my wife was away visiting family this weekend, and her return a few hours after this film had concluded was all the more sweeter because of it.
There were moments during my watch of Train Dreams where I felt it was losing me slightly, but it's hard to argue with the frequent knots in my stomach and the daze it left me in come the end. It's an effective rumination onβ¦
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This is a film that starts with some promise but ultimately fizzles out without making any sort of tangible impact on the viewer. As is often the case with modern-day Hollywood, film executives seem more focused on creating movies that spend more time laying the groundwork for sequels within a franchise rather than making the film in question work well in and of itself. I don't know when The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat II: Makin' itβ¦
Film #1 of the Letterboxd Season Challege 2015-16
Roger Ebert Week
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Given the relatively scarce number of 21st century films featured on Roger Ebert's Great Movies list, I expected Lost in Translation to be, at the very least, really good. However, having just finished watching it, I can safely say that not only did it meet the lofty expectations I had for it, it managed to leave me absolutely spellbound. I loved this movie.
The beauty in this filmβ¦
