Blowhard, Esq. writes:
Minimalist movie notes on the last 10 that I’ve seen:
47 METRES DOWN: Liked it.
LA NOTTE: Didn’t like it.
THE LADIES MAN: Liked it.
THE HISTORY BOYS: Liked it.
MISSISSIPPI GRIND: Really liked it.
LADY BIRD: Didn’t like it.
THE ODD COUPLE: Liked it.
THINGS TO COME: Liked it.
THE FLORIDA PROJECT: Really liked it.
DRINKING BUDDIES: Didn’t like it.
Blowhard, Esq.
Callowman
Sherbrooke
Eddie Pensier
Enzo Nakamura
Epaminondas
Fabrizio del Wrongo
Fenster
Brundle Guy
Glynn Marshes
Paleo Retiree
Atypical Neurotic
Question Lady
Sax von Stroheim
Sir Barken Hyena
The Mistaken
Uncouth Reflections 
Mississippi Grind was better than it deserved to be. Ben Mendelsohn delivered an astounding performance, and Ryan Reynolds was entertaining self. Great recommendation.
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I found The History Boys wonderful in that it provided a peek into peak “Englishness” as a culture in the 80s, which seems to have almost disappeared…an appreciation for a knowledge of the Canon, poetry, language, and a respect for intellectualism that is quite lacking in the Anglo world outside of England. I was a bit taken aback by the level of homoeroticism and the protagonist being guilty of multiple sexual assaults (“benediction” like groping) on his students- there is no way this would be made or lauded today. I’m not familiar with the English school system, but I wonder how accepted teacher-student pederasty and gay relationships between students were in previous decades. Is there a level of dandyism and acceptance of male love in the English academic culture? Because in America that simply doesn’t exist.
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What didn’t you like about Lady Bird? I think it got more hype than it deserved, but thought it was a perfectly good little coming of age story, well written and acted.
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