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sandman / guzman / hoffman
not sure how many times i've seen it, but my viewing last night was so therapeutic. sandler’s emotional range coupled with the super syncopated and relentless jon brion score and the long winded tracking shots totally lure you into his psyche and you can really feel his feelings and laugh at the pain. it perfectly captures a slice of life, when the odds feel stacked against you and everything is in overdrive. it’s got all the blueprints a superhero movie would have yet it’s set in a mundane liminal world. it’s like what if the hulk had to put up with a never ending stream of hurdles and bullshit, but instead of green skin and a big bod it’s adam sandler in a blue suit and they both break a lot of stuff
Feb 29, 2024
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I watched this last night and it fit the description perfectly. Barry Egan is a Lars Lindstrom-style "literally me" type character whose isolation and antisocial behaviour being seen as pathetic and pitiable rather than cool and mysterious.
Nov 8, 2024
watched happiness a couple months ago for the first time at the movie theatre i volunteer at and got such a kick out of the way this movie had us all laughing then wincing then groaning in a span of seconds. it was so tense and there was this general vibe of "are we allowed to laugh???" and solondz says, yes yes laugh, so you can also feel the pain, then laugh about that too
watched wiener-dog yesterday and again really enjoyed how mean the whole thing can be and then bam outta nowhere he hits you with these moments of real sweetness. stacked cast also
those are the only two i've seen but very excited to keep discovering his movies
Jan 22, 2024
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promotes positivity
pro tip, dreams don’t always make sense - so when weird/bad stuff happens, you can shrug it off and be like wow what a weird dream bro 🤷
Feb 6, 2024
or don’t, i’m not like your manager telling you do some ”sidework”
for real though service jobs are so crazy
Feb 25, 2024