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Favorite films

  • The Sound of Music
  • Tangled
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  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout

    ★★★★

  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

    ★★★½

  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

    ★★★★

  • Mission: Impossible III

    ★★★★

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

2018

★★★★ Liked Rewatched

On one of the Proto coined the word “painsure”. That’s where I am with these movies now. Like, I’m still having fun (I think?) But also, please make it stop.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

2015

★★★½ Liked Rewatched

I’ve run out of words to say to review these movies. This one felt a little too long even though it’s the same length as all of the previous ones.

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Barbie

2023

★★★★★ Liked 2

Raging against the patriarchy, but make it fun.

I don’t know if I have ever felt so seen in a movie as I did during America Ferrera’s monologue in this. (And the snippets from her speeches to the other Barbies were perfect too.) I want men to just sit with that speech for a few minutes. A day. A few minutes every day.

I keep trying to write more about this movie in a way that sounds somewhat eloquent but…

Barbie

2023

★★★★★ Liked 1

The glory of God is man fully alive.
-Iranaeus (and the Barbie movie?) 

Took my three daughters to see this and the end was even more impactful with them sitting next to me.

Caught more great lines this viewing. Also noticed that the little commercial for depressed Barbie gives her the name “You Can Be Anything Barbie” and I was like YES let’s talk about this.

I don’t really understand how anyone can interpret this as “anti-man”. I think it…