I watched this with my daughters, and it helped me rediscover the fear and romance and hope for redemption baked into the story. The script, characters, and music are all so timeless and perfect.
Tag: 2009 Top 100
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Quantum of Solace (2008)
In 2009, when I was a 20-year-old junior in college, two of my buddies and I had a few drinks and stumbled over to the student theater.
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Casino Royale (2006)
I’ve heard it said that the only James Bond film that matters is the one released when you’re in high school. Certainly that’s true for me.
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Do the Right Thing (1989)
Do the Right Thing pops with life and energy and color from the first frame and never relents.
Silence of the Lambs is one of my favorite movies, quite obviously a masterpiece.
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The Matrix (1999)
As I sat down to rewatch The Matrix for the first time since my college days, it was almost like I was seeing the movie for the first time.
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Memento (2000)
Memento is a movie almost entirely about its plot structure, which is certainly clever and memorable.
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Psycho (1960)
Calling a film “perfect” is tossed around a bit freely by movie fans (myself included), but the first half of Psycho really is perfect.
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There’s Something About Mary (1998)
The Farrelly brothers default filmmaking mode is gross-out humor
The mythic settings, the outlaw showdown, John Wayne (dat intro zoom!), the cowboys-and-Indians shootout, the saloons, the individualism and post-Civil War politics: This is a quintessential classic western film, one of the greats.