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The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony - (1998)
Watching a musical/biographical documentary, I hope for neither a puff piece nor hatchet job, and Endless Harmony was great in that the story came from all the major players in (and associated with) The Beach Boys. I also enjoyed the fact that they were all absolutely frank and honestly introspective. When you add in all the great music that accompanies this story, you have yourself a very enjoyable (albeit long) documentary. This was a simple pleasure to watch, and as I knew very little about the band itself, it was informative.
8/10
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The Day After Tomorrow - (2004)
If you're bright, curious, well-informed and read a lot, then rocking up to a Roland Emmerich film will have you smarting from the frequent number of times our intelligence is utterly insulted. The Day After Tomorrow is based on a book co-written by Whitley Strieber, making for a noxious combination, but when it's on I tend to watch some of it. You know what they say - "turn your brain off" - it's a disaster film, and the magnitude of these disasters are often global catastrophes. Because hundreds of millions of people are dying, the occasional light-hearted jokey moment feels pretty wrong - but at the same time, this disaster is too large for a movie to grant much feeling of the scale. If you like science, you'll be pretty upset with how ridiculous most parts are - and most of the characters are infuriatingly unlikeable too. One of a slew of huge budget blockbusters that are written appallingly but have super destructive moments that satisfy our child-like "let's smash it!" impulses.
5/10
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Tár - (2022)
Rewatch. Todd Field presents someone at the absolute top in Tár - Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) is at the apex of her profession, has an anticipated book being published, is world famous and lives with her partner and adorable child. Intellectually she's well-versed but pretentious, and disregards people who have no immediate worth to her. Field then drops her precipitously - and what a fall it is. I still struggled getting into this film from the get-go, but once it's over I'm very well pleased with it as a whole.
8/10
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Talk to Me - (2022)
Rewatch. My Christmas night viewing spot is usually reserved for something I've particularly enjoyed during the year - and Talk to Me did not disappoint the second time around.
8/10
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