I recently saw this for the first time a few weeks ago and seeing it in theaters might make my heart explode. Phenomenal movie.

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Some quick thoughts that definitely contain spoilers on Civil War.

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We took a trip down what might be the sketchiest corridor in the west for EV chargers and survived.

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I am having a really hard time with this movie.

I didn’t like it. I might come around on it over time, but that initial viewing and the ending somewhat made me cringe. The message felt like Barry was being rewarded with the girl he really wants just because he needs it. But he’s violent! He thrashed the bathroom in the restaurant with her out at the table waiting! He’s bad and need desperately to get himself some help!

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I think this guy was a pretty big deal. Sad to see him gone so young.

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A lot of 1984, a lot of Kafka, a real noir, and great. I really liked this.

This movie came out when I was 10, and around that time I saw everything I could. We had a family friend who worked for a studio who could somehow call this megaplex in my town and get me and my friends in whenever I wanted. I think my parents were horrified, but I called all the time and she was always awesome and hooked me up.

Anyway, I saw everything that a kid might find at all interesting in those days. I never even heard of Brazil. That’s obviously on me, especially since I never heard of the movie until last year. But let’s forget about all that.

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Man, it was only about an hour and a half between when I wrote that I wouldn’t be going anywhere last Saturday and when my day got really busy away from the house.

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I was once again struck by the visuals in this movie. I had only ever seen it on a crappy DVD copy (or VHS before that) and remembered it as really dark and gritty and ugly. This time through is was dark and gritty and beautiful.

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This week saw a heavily-broadcast threat of a major winter storm in the Sierra and hitting the valley floor in Reno. It was real. We went to sleep last night with some snow coming down but not quite sticking and woke up to about six inches sticking on the ground. Everything underneath our patio was covered, suggesting the wind blew all night as well.

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I have made it my mission to watch a lot of movies. I love them and wish I had spent more of my youth indulging in them, even though I did pretty well anyway. But now, at this point, I’m enjoying them more thoroughly than I ever did before. That’s partially due to being older, having more life experience, and being able to understand the movies I watch in ways I never could without those things.

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