Before Sunset - I liked Before Sunrise, but I loved Before Sunset. The wistful nostalgia of what could have been hit me so much more than the magic of a single night. More tightly constructed, even more realistic feeling conversations. Just a real sucker-punch of a film.
Ghost - Too many different movies rolled into one. All of them are solid, but they are fighting against each other. Whoopi is a powerhouse, though, and deserved that Oscar.
What We Do in the Shadows - Maybe the funniest movie of the '10s. Every line is perfectly calibrated to make me smile.
More plane movies!
Women Talking - Just an absolute powerhouse of a film where the only qualms I have with it are the color grading and what is perhaps an unnecessary voiceover narration.
Good Will Hunting - First full watch in probably 25 years, and it hit me like a ton of bricks this time. Robin and Matt are incredible of course, but the scene that really stuck out to me this time was the fight between Will and Skylar. Minnie Driver just annihilated it.
Broken Arrow - Remarkably progressive for 1950, but still hamstrung by the fact the most noble of Apaches are just some white dudes.
The Good Dinosaur - Extremely pretty to look at, but not a ton going on for it otherwise, except for maybe those pterodactyls.
Marathon Man - Loved the slow build (and unexpectedly) espionage heavy front half, and once it hits the halfway point it really does just pickup and go like a marathon. Great performances all around, with Scheider and Devane being my stand-outs. It get a bit messy in the climax - like why does Hoffman choose that specific punishment, but it doesn't really hurt the overall package.
