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Pride & Prejudice 2005
I want to go rambling through fields at dawn, get my petticoat six inches deep in mud, have a handsome gentleman insult my family in the rain, and break my promise to never dance with him.
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Wall of Noise 1963
Ty Hardin looks like he is constipated in every scene (emotionally, his character surely is) but fortunately, we watched this for Ralphie who is very smirky and having fun talking around cigars! And obviously, also watched this mess for Suzanne, who looks so gobsmackingly beautiful in every shot that it sorta makes up for...something. Also the knitwear in this film is very, very good. A+ on the wardrobe. I need another 6 black turtlenecks and a pair of those dark…
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2046 2004
so much to take in here, but also i'm afraid to take it in and let it hurt me? tony leung chiu-wai finding himself incapable of love at the right moments is far more tragic than the unrequited yearning of in the mood for love. though i confess i hoped for more maggie cheung as the ghost of past romance, it was enough to witness how the relationship emotionally maimed tony's character. also, the way perfidia is woven into the…
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Dune 2021
…was there context for a single shot of this film? Genuinely exhausted by the empty, meaningless visuals. I am still confused about why Oscar Isaac was naked while half laying under a table. My cold, dead emotions remain completely untouched; I couldn’t muster a connection to any of the characters. All space operas are the same. There is nothing new under the sun. Boredom is eternal.
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