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“These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world… and then we fucked up the endgame.”
Another great Sorkin script, and his first to be based on a book, with all the same sharp and witty dialogue you’d expect; it’s both funny and informative as it’s characters are utterly hypnotising, but never really hits it out of the park
★★★✩✩
“Show me again the power of the darkness, and I’ll let nothing stand in our way. Show me, grandfather, and I will finish what you started.”
The first Star Wars movie to make me understand the hype, the others are hot garbage in comparison to this — everything about the film is done on an unprecedented scale, and despite a few completely unnecessary and cringe-inducing throwbacks it’s a spectacular film (Daisy Ridley is in particular awesome, as is they way they subvert the normative saviour/damsel gender roles).
★★★★✩
“I know there’s things you cannot tell people. But I also know there’s a story here people will hear about it.”
A pretty thrilling movie that consists of reporters digging for information — the way it’s put together is more exciting and ‘edge-of-your-seat’ than many action blockbusters while also subtle and mature, deservedly won two Oscars.
★★★★★
“Sometimes I truly fear that I… am losing my mind. And if I did it… it would be like flying blind.”
Howard Hughes is such an inspirational character — the Elon Musk of the early 20th century — an inventor, movie director, and so much more, that a biopic couldn’t be uninteresting, though this three hour slog occasionally feels it’s length; a fascinating depiction of a genius spiralling.
★★★★✩
“I think we’re just gonna to have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that, Richie.”
One of Anderson’s better films, a tender story about depression, dying, and oddly incest — is well written and beautifully directed.
★★★★★