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Definitely a week full of movies for me!
I was fully in a sad mood for the first few days, and those who follow me probably know that means I dive into Felicity Jones movies, by far my favorite actress and her movies work well when I feel sad.
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding - A decent enough story focused around the events of a wedding in 1930's England following a bride and her family following through the "what ifs" in their lives. The overall theme is around how society pushes us into decisions that we may not have normally made for ourselves, even when we could be much happier if we went against society. Not an amazing movie, but I enjoyed it.
On the Basis of Sex - A more uplifting story, a biopic of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, following her story of becoming a female lawyer in a male dominated world. A must watch for any American, the story of RBG is one that should be known for any true patriot of our country. Felicity Jones does a phenomenal job as her, and Armie Hammer should be the husband that all men strive to be.
Last Letter from your Lover - rounding out my Felicity kick, this one follows the story of 2 lovers in the 30s who had reasons to keep their love secret that I won't go too far into. I'm annoyed at this one because of mostly Joe Alwyn's character, who spent the entire movie being the "bad guy" from any rom com. The movie pushed too hard that we were not supposed to like him until a penultimate scene involving him, and it soured the rest of the movie. The modern day counterpart to it was good, but the romance in the 60s era just caused too many eyerolls for me.
Moving in a different direction then
...and then 21 jump street because my wife and I got drunk and I'd actually never seen it
If you enjoyed On the Basis of Sex you should check out RBG, the 2018 documentary about Ginsburg. Ginsburg also appears as a character in a couple of episodes of the fifth season of The Good Fight, played wonderfully by Elaine May.
I think I preferred the early Wes Anderson, before he went full Anderson. Check out Rushmore and (what I think is his best movie) The Royal Tenenbaums.
Thanks! I'll add all of these to my lists! I'm years behind on movies so I'm trying to catch up. Not sure how I feel about Anderson, but it was definitely a different style that I need to try more
This is probably his best movie, IMO. It’s hard to pick another Wes Anderson movie to recommend, because they’re all so different. (Same style, different story.) I think I’d suggest Moonrise Kingdom, though.
I'll add it to my watchlist!
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Should have said "Plays the sort of husband"