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Not even that crazy of a movie but I’m gonna contradict that by saying it may have changed my life. I truly don’t know why but i left this movie a different person. don’t really give a shit about Ben stillers character and I don’t think the movie really does either. maybe it’s when Winona gets in the fight and says “play a show a night, play 3 shows a night” idk. I wasn’t there for the 90s but this feels like a time capsule like Troy is the years 1991-1997 in human form. It’s been 24 hours since I saw this but it feels like it has clicked something in my brain. maybe it’s when Winona says “i was really gonna be something by the age of 23” and then my theater laughed. one of those movies I want to live in (Houston in 1994). Had to get this off my chest this movie despite having a standard enough plot has been rattling through my brain, truly a character movie wish they spent more time with zahn and garofolo’s characters but idgaf
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i never thought i’d find my 10/10 movie but i think this is it
i’m moved, amazed, and also feel seen somehow
every detail made such an impact
between the living situation and dustin hoffmann‘s supreme performance, it brought me to tears so many times
i never knew how much one movie could impact so much of cinema, even freaking elf
i don’t need to watch another movie for a long time lol
i could write a book on all of this, yet i’m astounded and lacking words
i think joe buck represents so much of the innocence/naivety we start with in life (also omg i couldn’t believe that was jon voight at first!)
and i feel like rizzo ratzo rico is the polar opposite, jaded reality of what it feels like in the real world. his pain came through so strong and hit me like a bunch of swords to the soul.
there’s so much more to it than just that but that’s all for now.
Jan 4, 2025
I knew I was going to love this movie just because of the concept and the fact that it’s Kieran culkin and Jesse eisenberg but right now it’s the morning after I saw it and I’m sitting in bed crying thinking about certain things different characters but especially David, Jesse eisenbergs character said
I’ll tear up at a movie every once in a while but this movie really hit me because it is so relevant to how im feeling recently like literally every element of David and Benjis (Kieran culkin) emotional characteristics and their relationship with each other is relevant
My aunt passed away in September and I have been weirdly impacted by it since then and I have been working on controlling anxiety and depression for four years now with minimal progress and those two things, (David’s OCD and anxiety/Benji’s grief) are essentially what lead David and Benji to take this trip together so as we learn more and more about their relationship with each other and their personalities themselves it kept getting more and more personal to an almost unbelievable degree
Theres a point where something happens and David sort of opens up and what he says about not actually being okay but just presenting that he’s okay because he takes his medication and runs and meditates and goes to work then comes home then does it all again that really really hit me
It is such a perfect blend of funny but also deeply serious and emotional so even if it’s not as relevant to you right now I think everyone should see this movie
Nov 15, 2024
I was too anxious and shy to ever be on facebook when it was cool to do so, but seeing this movie in theaters actively changed my taste in media and made me more interested in the craft of filmmaking. It made me realize great dialogue could be as exciting as any action scene and expanded my idea of what a good soundtrack was outside of like, Star Wars. Zuck turning out to be even worse than anyone realized aged this movie *weirdly*, but I still feel a lot of joy whenever I rewatch it.
Jesse Eisenberg really had shit on lock at that time. Zombieland and Adventureland were/are also really big movies for me
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It’s what my basket is for, if it breaks then I’ll just die it’s not that serious. I don’t even have that many eggs to begin with. I grew up in a single-egg-basket-household, who are these people with multiple egg baskets, do they walk among us?
Feb 3, 2024
On 🔁🔁🔁. Love this song. checking out this album & honestly mazzy star for the first time. I’m a bit late to the Mazz but you know when the best time to plant a tree is? Yesterday, you know when the second best time is? Right now.
Nov 6, 2024
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I feel like I’ve picked up so much good music by just instantly downloading an opening act’s album right after their set. Just saw Wishy at baby’s all right last night and they had a band called Plastic open up, tight band & tight name, I’m sold. I feel like too many people skip the opener and I get it it can get tiring but I already know I’m gonna like the headliner lemme get a nice little surprise. this has GOT to be my last music rec for a little bit…
Nov 21, 2024