Play It Again, Sam was on a few nights back. I know Woody Allen is an acquired taste, but his earlier movies focus more on comedy than melodrama.
for me I can't watch Woody Allen films as I can't separate his work from himself.
His love for the young disturbs me too much to be able to watch any of his movies.
Finally got around to watching Cameron Crowe's "Singles". I enjoyed it for the nostalgia of the early 90s it provided, the straightforward characters, and of course the Grunge cameos: Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament to name a few. It had all of the Cameron Crowe staples, music playing a central feature, characters talking directly to the camera, and a bit of a cheesy love story.
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7 years later, I still adore la la land. the ending sequence where he plays the piano for her and their 'alternate life' comes up, still moves me to this day. I'm a sucker for musicals, and I love movies that make me laugh and cry. I just want to be moved.
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7 years later, I still adore la la land. the ending sequence where he plays the piano for her and their 'alternate life' comes up, still moves me to this day. I'm a sucker for musicals, and I love movies that make me laugh and cry. I just want to be moved.
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7 years later, I still adore la la land. the ending sequence where he plays the piano for her and their 'alternate life' comes up, still moves me to this day. I'm a sucker for musicals, and I love movies that make me laugh and cry. I just want to be moved.
I completely agree. It's a fantastic movie that hits all the right notes for me. That desire to feel moved is also what motivated me to re-read Bridge to Terabitha recently. There are some gems out there that help me feel more human in what can be a cold, unfeeling world.
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Since it's pride month, I thought I'd recommend some great films to celebrate. Please give me your suggestions as well.
Bound
After Blue
Assassination Nation
The Deep End
Chasing Amy
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2
V for Vendetta
Cabaret
Disobedience
Crying Game
Fame
for something more recent, how about the animated film Strange World, on Disney+
Show some support so Disney keeps making movies with main characters that are queer and POC.
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7 years later, I still adore la la land. the ending sequence where he plays the piano for her and their 'alternate life' comes up, still moves me to this day. I'm a sucker for musicals, and I love movies that make me laugh and cry. I just want to be moved.
Pretty sure you meant Moonlight.
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I’m a big fan but chasing Amy could be seen as a movie about a lesbian who turns straight because Ben Affleck is so charming. Just needed a good lay to set her straight, so to speak.
But I think you could also look at it that it’s a movie about a woman who is bi and is navigating her complicated love life.
Crying Game, well, it’s been a while since I’ve seen it but from what I recall they depict being trans as pretty icky.
for something more recent, how about the animated film Strange World, on Disney+
Show some support so Disney keeps making movies with main characters that are queer and POC.
Strange World was one of Disney's biggest bombs ever, so, I wouldn't bank on it.
I was reading a bit about Strange World after seeing it, lot of religious groups were angry and encouraging their flocks to actively avoid it, tell your friends not to see it, etc. The usual hateful garbage that spews from the mouths of these loathsome conartists.
I think family audiences in particular are just not buying what Disney is selling right now in so far as pushing messages and always making sure to include social agenda content, along with just general malaise toward the brand and people just waiting for Disney+ even when they are interested. Lightyear had similar issues, Elemental's box office projections are grim (and Pixar used to always be a critical and commercial slam dunk). Religious extremists have very little to do with it, in the same way that LGBT community supporters were probably encouraging everyone to see it having very little impact.
Meanwhile Super Mario Bros., which was just a straight up fun kids adventure movie light on messaging and plot, absolutely crushed the box office.
LGBTQ+ representation that not only exists, but is casually accepted as if nothing is out of the ordinary at all. Grandpa doesn't even blink an eye or let the word f** slip through.
Then there's the allusions to climate change, holistic belief systems, and the World Turtle mythos originating in Eastern and Indigenous cultures. The villains of the film are the people themselves, and they choose the planet/organism over their own convenience. They literally eliminate their energy source and scale back their means to save everyone.
Not that the average neanderthal that likes shiny things would see beyond a damned queerosexual in the cartoon, of course. Even though I considered it a wholly average film, there are a lot of layers to peel back in that movie that are worth exploring. It's a great story to show in your classroom, unless - evidentally - you live in the southern US.
It even had a disabled dog.
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