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Only two from my list so far - things are set to get interesting.
58. The Hurt Locker - Seen this a few times - the last time around 2018 when I was looking after my mother and it happened to be on television one night - a very odd film to remind me of her - we discussed what was happening during every ad-break (I'd walk over to her room), and we both seemed to get a lot out of it in an analytical and entertainment way. I guess with streaming and DVDs, we've lost a lot of that opportunity we used to have when films aired on television and were constantly interrupted by advertisements - they were a perfect opportunity for discussing a film with others while watching one. Anyway, The Hurt Locker presents an interesting case of the kind of personality who is addicted to the adrenaline-rush that risking your life provides in this setting. We often think of people yearning to come home, but there are many out there who can't readjust to real life after the intense experience of battle, and some can't wait to get back into the action, or else bring the action back home with them. The Hurt Locker squeezes into my Top 50, but was crowded out of my Top 25.
57. JoJo Rabbit - An insane idea for a film, in which Taika Waititi takes on the role of a boy's imaginary best friend - Adolf Hitler. Look, there was a lot about the regime that was ridiculous and couldn't stand up to scrutiny. We think that a lot of what's going on today is unique to the modern world - conspiratorial insanity, bizarre theories, paranoia, racism, anger directed at the intelligentsia etc, especially on the internet, but Germany during the period 1918 to 1945 was a hotbed of wacky, silly ideas that would have lent themselves to comedy if the results weren't as horrendous as they were. Kids were sent out to fight, and Jews were considered a subspecies. Somehow, JoJo Rabbit doesn't cross over into feeling like it's in bad taste, which is one of the biggest cinematic marvels I've seen in recent years. I would have been advising Waititi not to make this film - and I would have been wrong. My thinking about what a war film really is meant I couldn't include it on my list - but it's fair game, and I don't begrudge this gem another entry - it's great.
Seen : 27/44
I'd never even heard of : 10/44
Movies that had been on my radar, but I haven't seen yet : 7/44
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But good to see you back at MoFo and posting again
Thanks for sharing some of your family war related stories. The stories the MoFos have retold have been among my favorite part of this fun countdown. I guess I need to tell my own families war stories.
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