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1. Birth A- 2. Million Dollar Baby A- 3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind B+ 4. The Incredibles B+ 5. Sideways B+ 6. Downfall B+ 7. Before Sunset B 8. Vera Drake B 9. Troy B 10. The Life Aquatic B-
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No way is Before Sunset lower than Sideways...... no no no!!!
You really liked it, huh? The reason it didn't work so well for me was simple — Uma Thurman. I did not fall in love with Hawke's character the way I did the first film; his charm, his innocence has evaporated utterly. I could see that Delpy's performance was better, more complex — but he seemed merely goatish. Which meant I did not want to see them get together.
I really, really liked it :) Well, setting aside your obvious partisanship in the Hawke/Thurman marital saga, I take your point about his, at times, leery quality. I did think it was balanced by enough self deprecation to make his character likeable, and I thought the speech near the end about just being in a relationship with a fellow babysitter, along with his desire to protect the contact with his child at any cost was incredibly resonant and powerful. I don't think I was the only married thirty-something year old to walk out of the cinema feeling as though I'd just watched someone talking about my life. In fact, check this out: http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2010/01/before-sunrise-and-before-sunset-laden-with-happiness-and-tears/
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