Don Jon

2013

★★½ Rewatched

Part of my Second Chances list

While I greatly appreciate that the story goes off in an unexpected and unconventional direction, and the cast is actually pretty great all around, I still had a tough time getting through this one.
The main character - that the movie says we're supposed to root for - is such an unlikable, shallow, misogynistic dick bag throughout the vast majority of the movie, and I actually disliked that he managed to secure a happy…

10 Things I Hate About You

1999

★★★ Rewatched

Part of my Second Chances list

I've always had a bit of a problem with rom-coms.
As a teen I had no idea why exactly, but now that I am older and have realized my own asexuality and aromanticism, I understand why I just never gelled with the genre, particularly movies like this where the sole focus of the story is on the romantic aspects.
I am fine with movies that have romance sub-plots in them (because that's basically 99%…