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Schindler's List - 9/10
When I was in 6th grade, this movie came up in a Holocaust unit we were doing. I went out and rented it, but gave up after the Concentration Camp officer started sniping Jews because I thought that it was boring, i tried again in High School, this time finishi it, but still found ot fairly dull. This time around, however, I I immensely enjoyed the slow, meditative treatment of such heavy subject matter, following the most thoroughly unlikeable character imaginable (an alcohalic, womanizing, infidelitous, war-profiteering Nazi and, by all accounts,mwar criminal). The use (and disuse) of color was a brilliant touch on Spielberg's behalf and Neeson gives what is easily his best performance.
Guardians of the Galaxy - 9/10
As suspected, this film greatly improves on the rewatch (and I loved it the first time around to begin with). Its intelligent script, insightful director and excellent cast were somehow able to transform an incredibly obscure, completely out-there property into the blockbuster of the summer. I still think that the script needs more room to breathe when it gets to Knowhere (it really speeds through too much too quickly for me), too obviously telegraphed its climax mid-way through (via The Collector) and its ending relies too heavily on a Deus Ex Machina, but its many other high-quality aspects more than make up for all of that.
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